Automatic key rotation
US10467422B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/602
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Requests submitted to a computer system are evaluated for compliance with policy to ensure data security. Plaintext and associated data are used as inputs into a cipher to produce ciphertext. Whether a result of decrypting the ciphertext can be provided in response to a request is determined based at least in part on evaluation of a policy that itself is based at least in part on the associated data. Other policies include automatic rotation of keys to prevent keys from being used in enough operations to enable cryptographic attacks intended to determine the keys.
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