Trusted device control messages
Two endpoint devices communicate with one another in a secure session using a secure protocol. Trusted control messages are passed upstream from one of the endpoint devices through one or more additional secure sessions to a centralized managing server. Additionally, trusted control messages are passed downstream from the centralized manager server through secure sessions to one or more of the endpoint devices. Each endpoint device is integrated into a terminal device.
1. A system comprising: a terminal device;
a Secure Input/Output Module (SIOM) integrated into the terminal device and configured and adapted to: i) establish a first secure session with a centralized management server, ii) establish a second secure session with a peripheral device, and
iii) determine whether to: a) pass a trusted control message in a format recognized by the SIOM, the centralized management server, and the peripheral device, and
containing event information for reporting an event including a type associated with the event and a severity of the event, to one of: the centralized management server during the first secure session and the peripheral device during the second secure session and b) forwarding the event information during one of: the first secure session and the second secure session, wherein the SIOM is an independent hardware module of the terminal device and the SIOM is independent of an Operating System (OS) of the terminal device, and wherein the SIOM is configured to provide security through the trusted control message processing during the first secure session and the second secure session.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SIOM is also configured to pass another trusted control message in the format for ending a corresponding secure session.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SIOM is also configured to pass another trusted control message in the format for refreshing a corresponding secure session.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SIOM is also configured to pass another trusted control message in the format for provisioning the SIOM.
5. The system of claim 1 further comprising: the peripheral device integrated into the terminal device and configured and adapted to one or more of: i) pass the trusted control message to the SIOM during the second secure session and ii) receive the trusted control message from the SIOM during the second secure session.
6. The system of claim 1 further comprising: the centralized management server configured and adapted to one or more of: i) pass the trusted control message to the SIOM during the first secure session and ii) receive the trusted control message from the SIOM during the first secure session.
7. A system comprising: a terminal device;
a peripheral device coupled to the terminal device; and
a Secure Input/Output Module (SIOM) integrated into the terminal device and configured and adapted to: i) establish a first secure session with the peripheral device, ii) receive a first trusted control message reporting an event from the peripheral device during the first secure session, iii) cache peripheral event tallies, iv) establish a second secure session with a centralized management server, and v) and send a second trusted control message reporting the peripheral event tallies to the centralized management server during the second secure session, wherein the SIOM is an independent hardware module of the terminal device and the SIOM is independent of an Operating System (OS) of the terminal device, and wherein the SIOM configured to provide security through the first trusted control message and the second trusted control message processing during the first secure session and the second secure session.