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Through first-responder access to sensitive information for which they have not been pre-vetted, lives and property can be saved. We describe enhancements to a trusted emergency information management (EIM) system that securely allows for extraordinary access to sensitive information during a crisis. A major component of the architecture is the end-user device, the security of which is enhanced with processor-level encryption of memory. This paper introduces an approach to more efficiently use the processor-encryption feature for secure data storage, as well as ISA instructions for the management of emergency state.
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Levin, T.E., Irvine, C.E., Benzel, T.V., Nguyen, T.D., Clark, P.C., Bhaskara, G. (2009). Idea: Trusted Emergency Management. In: Massacci, F., Redwine, S.T., Zannone, N. (eds) Engineering Secure Software and Systems. ESSoS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5429. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00199-4_3
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