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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Gregory Eugene Dossett, Eldersburg, MD (US);
William Edward Freeman, Sykesville, MD (US);
Daniel Arthur Jacques, Clarksville, MD (US);
Chimaeze Obinna Chikeka, Baltimore, MD (US);
Thomas Michael Moses, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Gregory Eugene Dossett, Eldersburg, MD (US);
William Edward Freeman, Sykesville, MD (US);
Daniel Arthur Jacques, Clarksville, MD (US);
Chimaeze Obinna Chikeka, Baltimore, MD (US);
Thomas Michael Moses, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for managing security rights of protected data having a plurality of security groups. The system comprises a client configured to generate the protected data, wherein a user of the client is a member of a subset of the plurality of security groups. The client comprising a key generator configured to generate a plurality of security group keys, wherein each membership key is associated with a security group selected by the user of the client and a combination key generator configured to generate a combination key based on the plurality of security group keys, wherein the client is configured to encrypt the protected data with the combination key.