Method and apparatus for locking an application within a trusted computing environment

摘要

An apparatus for locking an application within a trusted environment comprises a trusted computing platform (10) having a trusted device (12), an application (14), a trusted environment controller (16) and a trusted connection agent (18), the latter communicating for the trusted platform with a user (20) via a secure channel (22). The trusted environment controller (16) is operable to inform the user (20) when the level of trust within the trusted computing platform (10) changes to allow the user (20) to proceed with the process or to abort the process.