Abstract: A hardware enablement apparatus includes a processor, and a communications interface configured for writing license data to one or more data registers and for using the license data to selectively enable, under control of the processor, hardware features associated with the data registers, at least one of the data registers being implemented in non-volatile memory.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing security for a computer system, which includes generating a request for a file. The request is received at a dedicated security processor, where the dedicated security processor may access the file to validate the requested file. Upon determining that the requested file is valid, the dedicated security processor may provide the requested file to another processor.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to method and apparatus for providing computer security system. The method may include calculating a hash value of an operation at an administrative system. The signed hash of the operation may be created in the administrative system. The signed hash may be received at the managed system. The managed system may validate the signed hash by using a stored reference hash. Upon determining if the signed hash is valid, the managed system may execute the operation that corresponds to the signed hash.