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Managing authenticators in a computer system

  • US 10,530,814 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2017
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing keys by a management apparatus comprising at least one processor and memory in a computer system, comprising:

  • collecting from the computer system, by the management apparatus, information of existing public key infrastructure keys existing in the computer system,determining, by the management apparatus, further information associated with the collected information of the existing public key infrastructure keys,defining, by the management apparatus, an equivalence group comprising members based on the collected information of the existing public key infrastructure keys and associated with the members and the determined further information,associating, by the management apparatus, at least one policy action to the equivalence group, andcausing, by the management apparatus, performing of the at least one policy action on the existing public key infrastructure keys of all of the members of the equivalence group.

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