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Systems and methods for providing information security using context-based keys

  • US 9,619,659 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2016
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing encryption of data associated with one or more application programs operating on one or more electronic computing devices, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at a centralized server module a request for encryption of an item of original data from a particular client module operating on a particular electronic computing device, wherein the request for encryption includes contextual information relating to creation of the item of original data;

    extracting the contextual information from the request for encryption;

    generating via the centralized server module a context-based key (CBK) and a context-based key identifier (CBK ID) based on the contextual information for use in encrypting the item of original data, wherein the CBK ID comprises at least a portion of the contextual information and the CBK is generated by processing the CBK ID through a cryptographic algorithm; and

    transmitting the CBK and the CBK ID from the centralized server module to the particular client module operating on the particular electronic computing device for use in encryption of the item of original data.

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