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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2013
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Matthew D. Neumann, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael W. Smith, Murphy, TX (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for securing and accessing files are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the method includes adding a communication portion to the file. The communication portion may communicate with an authentication agent on the first computing device. The method may include encrypting data of the file using a first key received through the communication portion from the authentication agent. The first key may be generated based on identification information of a second computing device in a trusted network of computing devices with the first computing device. The method may include saving the file to a remote file storage location.