Lightweight key management system for multi-tenant cloud environment
US10615976B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3247
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes generating a root key pair including a public key and a private key, generating metadata for keys associated with a tenant, wherein the metadata includes a key tag, a key version, and a tenant identifier, deriving a tenant key from the root key pair and the metadata, and outputting the tenant key.
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