SECURING BOOT CONTROLLER FOR AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND SECURING BOOT METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to a securing boot controller for an embedded system, the embedded system further comprising an operational module incorporating an operational function of the system, and a verification module incorporating a function of verifying various components of the system;;The controller is configured to:upon cold startup of the system, make the verification function executable at boot up to perform a functional verification including a verification of the authenticity and integrity of the operational function;upon successful completion of the functional verification, at each warm start following said cold start of the system, making the operational function executable at boot up.