System and method for seal tamper detection for intelligent electronic devices
First Claim
1. An energy management device for use in an energy management architecture for managing an energy distribution system, said energy management architecture including a network, said energy management device comprising:
- an energy distribution system interface operative to couple said energy management device with at least a portion of said energy distribution system;
a network interface operative to couple said energy management device with said network for transmitting outbound communications to said network, said outbound communications comprising energy management data;
a processor coupled with said network interface and said energy distribution system interface, operative to generate said energy management data;
a tamper prevention seal coupled with said energy management device, operative to substantially deter unauthorized access to said energy management device and indicate any such access; and
a seal tamper detection unit coupled with said processor and said tamper prevention seal and operative to detect when said tamper prevention seal indicates that unauthorized access has occurred.
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting and responding to device tampering in an EM device is disclosed. The EM device is provided with mechanisms to detect and indicate unauthorized tampering with the device. Further, in response to detected unauthorized tampering, the device may take actions to protect the integrity of data generated by the device as well as protect any confidential data stored within the device. Such actions may include preventing further device operation, generating warnings to the device owner/user, marking subsequently generated data as suspect, destroying stored confidential data, etc.
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41 Claims
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1. An energy management device for use in an energy management architecture for managing an energy distribution system, said energy management architecture including a network, said energy management device comprising:
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an energy distribution system interface operative to couple said energy management device with at least a portion of said energy distribution system;
a network interface operative to couple said energy management device with said network for transmitting outbound communications to said network, said outbound communications comprising energy management data;
a processor coupled with said network interface and said energy distribution system interface, operative to generate said energy management data;
a tamper prevention seal coupled with said energy management device, operative to substantially deter unauthorized access to said energy management device and indicate any such access; and
a seal tamper detection unit coupled with said processor and said tamper prevention seal and operative to detect when said tamper prevention seal indicates that unauthorized access has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of protecting data created, stored and sent by an energy management device that is protected by a tamper prevention seal operative to substantially deter unauthorized access to said energy management device and indicate any such access, the method comprising:
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a) generating said data, said data being characterized by an integrity;
b) detecting when said tamper prevention seal indicates that unauthorized access has occurred; and
c) protecting said integrity of said data in response to said detecting. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for protecting data created, stored and sent by an energy management device that is protected by a tamper prevention seal operative to substantially deter unauthorized access to said energy management device and indicate any such access, comprising:
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means for generating said data, said data characterized by an integrity;
means for detecting when said tamper prevention seal indicates that unauthorized access has occurred; and
means for taking action to protect said integrity of said data.
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