Hardware Inventory Tamper Analysis (03-Jun-2009)
Hardware attached to either a primary system or docked system may be tampered with, stolen, or replaced without owner's knowledge. A solution is provided herein.
Hardware Inventory Tamper Analysis
Hardware attached to either a primary system or docked system may be tampered with, stolen, or replaced without owner's knowledge. Many automated hardware inventory solutions exist but rely on either the administrator to schedule the event or have the user to manually invoke it. Typically, changes in hardware are simply logged and little to no alerting is provided.
Each time a system detects that it is locked in a dock or if a keylock is attached, it would invoke a hardware inventory of all peripherals attached. An alert, message, or log would be created for any changes which would immediately provide notification that a device was removed or changed. Stolen or missing devices would show up immediately allowing for a higher probability of recovery. Additionally the system would be triggered to alert the user if some form of software manipulation or unauthorized login was attempted by plugging in an external device.
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