| CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a processor, installation of a hardware device that includes software;
associating a hardware identifier of the hardware device and a software version of the software to a secure boot certificate;
generating an association tag based on the associating of the hardware identifier and the software version;
provisioning the secure boot certificate; and
publishing the association tag to a remote service.
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