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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Stefan Thom, Snohomish, WA (US);

Artem Zhurid, Bellevue, WA (US);

Merzin Kapadia, Newcastle, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices for creating a secure log of security events may include receiving a historical digest representing approved historical security events associated with a trusted network of devices. The methods and devices may include receiving one or more new security events. The methods and devices may include calculating, when a period of time has expired, a hash based on at least the historical digest and the one or more new security events and determining if a value of the hash is less than a value threshold. The methods and devices may include storing a new security event digest corresponding to a respective hash having a respective value less than the value threshold, wherein the new security event digest is confirmed by one or more trusted devices in the trusted network of devices.


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