US Patent Application 18358799. TOKENIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES simplified abstract
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TOKENIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Patrick Stahlberg of Arlington VA (US)
August Huber of New York NY (US)
Il-Sung Lee of New York NY (US)
Xiaolan Zhang of Chappaqua NY (US)
John Randolph of Brooklyn NY (US)
David Elrom of Mountain View CA (US)
TOKENIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18358799 titled 'TOKENIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a method for processing a cryptographic operation request using a hardware security module (HSM).
- The HSM receives a request that includes a cryptographic key and authorization tokens.
- It checks if an access control list (ACL) associated with the cryptographic key is authorized to govern access to the key.
- The HSM validates the authorization tokens.
- If the tokens are valid and the ACL is authorized, the HSM processes the cryptographic operation request.
Original Abstract Submitted
A method for processing a cryptographic operation request includes receiving, at a hardware security module (HSM), the cryptographic operation request including a cryptographic key and at least one authorization token, determining, by the HSM, whether an access control list (ACL) associated with the cryptographic key of the cryptographic operation request is authorized to govern access to the cryptographic key, and validating, by the HSM, the at least one authorization token. When the at least one authorization token is valid and the ACL is authorized to govern access to the cryptographic key of the cryptographic operation request, the method includes processing, by the HSM, the cryptographic operation request.
