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Encapsulation and decapsulation for data disintegration

  • US 8,520,855 B1
  • Filed: 03/05/2010
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for encapsulating data, the method comprising:

  • receiving data to encapsulate;

    generating a random encryption key;

    encrypting the data with the generated encryption key thereby generating encrypted data;

    generating a data key corresponding to a decryption key;

    splitting the generated data key at one or more levels in a hierarchical computing configuration, into a predetermined number, N, of shares of the data key wherein a predetermined threshold number, M, of shares of the data key is required to reconstruct the data key, where M is less than or equal to N, and each share at each level divisible one or more times into additional shares at the next level;

    identifying one or more locations within one or more network configurations to store each share of the data key;

    storing each share of the data key at the selected location wherein each location is configured to delete the stored share of the data key after a specified period of time; and

    constructing a vanishing data object that comprises the encrypted data and information sufficient to retrieve a threshold number of data key shares.

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