SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF SOFTWARE INSTALL IMAGE Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC G06F21/56 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: according to the implementation variant, a method for verifying the integrity of the software install image is used before installing the software, consisting of: setting the value of the state of the software image indicating the permission to access the software image only for the verification tool, wherein the state of the software image is used by the security policies to grant permission or deny access to the software image to the verification tool, the installation tool; granting access to the software image upon request of the verification tool, provided that the security policies are implemented; verifying the integrity of the software image according to the granted access; if it is established that the integrity of the software image is intact, renewing the value of the state of the software image so as to indicate that access to the software image is granted to the installation tool and denied to the verification tool; granting access to the software image upon request from the installation tool when implementing the security policies.

EFFECT: ensured security of the process of software installation due to the provided access to the software image by a security monitor using security policies.

17 cl, 6 dwg