Fortinet was granted a patent for verifying software code integrity.

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    "patent_abstract": "A system is disclosed. The system includes one or more processing resources and a memory device, coupled to the one or more processing resource, having stored therein instructions that when executed by the processing resource cause the processing resources to detect a driver loading for execution, determine whether current baseline flag and callback values match baseline flag and callback values, load a driver image upon a determination that the current baseline values match the baseline values and validate the driver image.",
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