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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Louis P. Gomes, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Bradbury, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Reinhard Theodor Buendgen, Tuebingen, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A set of data keys arranged in a particular order is obtained. The set of data keys includes multiple data keys. The multiple data keys include a protected key. The protected key is prevented from being in a selected position within the particular order. The set of data keys is encrypted as a single encrypted key. The single encrypted key is an encryption of the multiple data keys. The single encrypted key is returned. The single encrypted key is to be decrypted to obtain multiple decrypted keys. At least one decrypted key of the multiple decrypted keys is a decrypted protected key to be used in encryption of a confidential value.