1. A device comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable medium including modules, the modules when executed by the processor, configure the device to perform a boot process, the modules comprising: a cryptographic module configured to generate, using a fuse-derived secret value, a sealing seed for re-verifying a software component that has been previously verified by the device after a software update and signed by the device using an authentication code; and a verification module configured to: retrieve a software descriptor associated with the software component; verify the software component using the software descriptor and the sealing seed; and based at least in part on verifying the software component, cause the device to continue performing the boot process.