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Hardening tokenization security and key rotation

US9628274B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 2014
Grant dateApr 18, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2463/062
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of using a hardware security module and an adjunct application programming interface to harden tokenization security and encryption key rotation is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method comprises receiving encrypted data at a processor of a computer system, decrypting the encrypted data to cleartext in the processor, and issuing a unique token associated with the data.

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