Patent · US Expired

File access security method and means

US4588991A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1983
Grant dateMay 13, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2107
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved file access security technique and associated apparatus accesses data which is stored in encrypted form under one encryption key and re-stores the data re-encrypted under another encryption key, and produces a record of each access and data re-encryption both as the control source of encryption keys for access and re-entry of encrypted data and as a secured audit record of users that had access to each file.

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