Abstract: An electronic device may be accessed via a cable while the electronic device is within a manufacture package. The electronic device may be charged, receive updated software, or may receive custom configuration information, via the cable, while the device is within the manufacture package. The cable may be connected to a power source, a software update device, a wireless device, a secondary connector, or the like on one end, and the electronic device on the other end. The cable may be detached from the electronic device and may be removed from the manufacture package without damaging the manufacture package.

Abstract: An electronic device is secured by determining, by a processor, that an electronic device is in a first secured state associated with a first security level. Based on the first security level, a first context-dependent authentication policy is assigned to the electronic device. A transition rule is determined to have been satisfied, and responsively the electronic device transitions into a second secured state, wherein the second secured state comprises a different security level than the first secured state. The first context-dependent authentication policy is modified to yield a second context-dependent authentication policy, and the device is changed from the second secured state upon the device receiving an authentication that satisfies the second context-dependent authentication policy.