Hardening tokenization security and key rotation
US9628274B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 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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