Aspects of the invention pertain to a processing device having a non-keyboard user interface. In an embodiment of the invention, a user makes a gesture indicating a request for a secured attention sequence, wherein the gesture is made without using a keyboard. The secured attention sequence is generated in response to the gesture. The gesture may include pressing a button on the device or pressing a combination of two buttons on the device. A secure login screen may be displayed as a result of generating the secured attention sequence. In an aspect of the invention, the generating of the secured attention sequence includes simulating the pressing of the Ctrl key, the Alt key and the delete key on a keyboard.