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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130874 | PROVIDING SECURITY IN A CLOUD STORAGE ENVIRONMENT A method of providing security as a service in a cloud storage environment includes storing, through a cloud manager of the cloud storage environment, a security level of access of a storage controller associated with a customer of the security as a service, and receivi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120084837 | Method and apparatus to implement secured, event-based layered logout from a computer system A secure, layered logout of a user session is implemented in a web-based management tool, such as a middleware appliance. A logout strategy is provided to include a set of security levels of varying sensitivity, with each security level having a set of permissions assoc... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROTECTING DATA ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A system and method of protecting data on a communication device are provided. Data received when the communication device is in a first operational state is encrypted using a first cryptographic key and algorithm. When the communication device is in a second operationa... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120047364 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DATA SECURITY AND SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION Systems and methods for providing data security and selective communication are provided in which a classified communication is received and processed for retransmission to a recipient having a different clearance authorization than that associated with the communicatio... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036357 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHOD AND APPARATUS A method of formatting data for transmission to another party including the step of incorporating in the data a flag indicative of the absence of data for authentication of the sender. An authentication tag length is also included to permit variable length tags to be us... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120011360 | KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARED SECRET CIPHERS Various embodiments are described herein for a Key Management System (KMS) and associated methods for providing authentication and secure shared key distribution capabilities without revealing a device's secret key. The KMS allows one or more accessing applications or d... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110307941 | Method and apparatus to implement secured, layered logout from a computer system A secure, layered logout of a user session is implemented in a web-based management tool, such as a middleware appliance. A logout strategy is provided to include a set of security levels of varying sensitivity, with each security level having a set of permissions assoc... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110276800 | Message Service Indication System and Method Systems and methods for operation upon a data processing device for handling messages with different levels of security, are provided herein. A method for operation upon a data processing device for handling messages with different levels of security includes examining ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110238984 | MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY CLUSTER Some embodiments may include multiple computers comprising a multi-level security system. The security system includes a first set of zones and a second set of zones, each having access to resources of a computer, a first security container having a first security label... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110185166 | Slider Control for Security Grouping and Enforcement A group of security functions may be configured and managed by organizing the security functions and their features into a ranked list and made available through an administrative console. The ranked list may represent various levels of security from which a user may se... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178933 | DYNAMICALLY REACTING POLICIES AND PROTECTIONS FOR SECURING MOBILE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DATA IN TRANSIT A secure mobile financial transaction is provided by receiving, over a communication network, a list of protection mechanisms available for implementation by an external terminal. Security-related data is received from one or more sensors and an attack signature is comp... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT BASED APPLICATION OF SECURITY LEVELS TO ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS The subject application is directed to a system and method for automated application of security levels to electronic documents. 1). Text data associated with text content of each of a plurality of stored electronic documents is stored in a... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110173446 | System and Method for Securing Wireless Transmissions A system and method for securing wireless transmissions is provided. A method for transmitting secure messages includes selecting a bin of codewords from a plurality of bins. The bin of codewords containing a plurality of sub-bins of codewords, and the selecting is base... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110145574 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT SERVER AND IMAGE DATA MANAGING METHOD THEREOF A security management server includes an input unit for receiving image data from at least one network camera; a control unit for assigning an access authority level to each image data received via the input unit; and a storage unit for storing therein the image data al... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110113243 | WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK SECURITY Providing network security includes detecting network traffic associated with an ad hoc network that includes a first station and a second station, and preventing data sent by the first station from reaching the second station.... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110083012 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTHORIZING PRINTING LIMITEDLY ACCORDING TO USER LEVEL, PRINTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF A printing device which authorizes a printing limitedly according to a user level, a printing system using the same and a printing method thereof. The printing device includes an interface part receiving a printing data requested by a user and a security level of the re... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110055560 | CONVERSION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY PROTECTION Protection of cryptographic keys is converted between one level of security and another level of security. The one level of security is different from the another level of security, and the another level of security includes the components of the one level of security.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100306534 | ENABLING MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY IN A SINGLE-LEVEL SECURITY COMPUTING SYSTEM According to an embodiment, a system may comprise a mass storage device that is operable to be coupled to one or more processors. The mass storage device may comprise a base operating system that is operable to be executed by the one or more processors. The base operati... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100299724 | User Interface for Providing Voice Communications Over a Multi-Level Secure Network According to one embodiment, a computer system executing a computer program is coupled to multiple secure network domains configured in a multi-level security architecture. The computer program simultaneously establishes a voice connection with a first terminal configur... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100274709 | ONLINE METHOD OF PROCURING MORTGAGE LOANS A method for prioritizing candidate wholesale loan lenders in response to a loan request by a mortgage broker for a client including establishing a lender database serving as a repository of electronic client files generated by said mortgage broker in connection with a ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100268936 | INFORMATION SECURITY DEVICE AND INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM Provided is a migration system considering security authentication levels and data protection strength levels of the both security devices between which data is migrated. A first terminal 102 includes a mechanism for protecting data ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100242118 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD To provide a security management device, a security management method, a security management program and a security management system that are capable of ensuring a desired security while scheming to save a labor for the security management by the security management de... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100235632 | PROTECTING AGAINST DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS USING TRUST, QUALITY OF SERVICE, PERSONALIZATION, AND HIDE PORT MESSAGES According to an embodiment of the invention, a system for processing a plurality of service requests in a client-server system includes a challenge server for: presenting a cryptographic challenge to the client; initializing a trust cookie that encodes a client's initia... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100218104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REACTIVE AND DELIBERATIVE SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT (SLM) Method and apparatus for service level management, wherein business processes are composed of services. A state of the service is defined by one or more service parameters, and the service parameters depend upon performance of network components that support the service... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100211778 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD To provide a security management device, a security management method, a security management program and a security management system that are capable of ensuring a desired security while scheming to save a labor for the security management by the security management de... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100211777 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS CONNECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM A wireless terminal device which can be easily connected with an access point with a simple procedure and with no expertise, a wireless connection method and a program are provided. In a wireless terminal device (100), when information (SSID) for identifying the ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100205425 | MULTI-LEVEL DATA STORAGE Rather than storing all data in the same manner, e.g., an encrypted manner, a security level with which to associate received data of a given type may be determined. Subsequently, distinct types of data may be stored in a distinct manner, with the manner of storage havi... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100148721 | BATTERY PACK AUTHENTICATION FOR A MOBILE DEVICE Various embodiments are described herein for a mobile communication device that authenticates a smart battery prior to use. The mobile device includes a main processor and a device memory. The device memory stores first and second portions of security information used f... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100146270 | System and Method of Indicating the Strength of Encryption A method and system are provided for secure messaging on mobile computing devices. The method and system provide for an indication of a security trust level associated with a security method used with an electronic message.... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100131758 | Nondesctructive interception of secure data in transit In a data level security environment, the data level security mechanism operates on plaintext data. Data level security operations identify a point in the information stream where plaintext data is available for interception. Typically this is a point in the processing ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100125732 | HOME NODE-B APPARATUS AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS A Home Node B or Home evolved Node B (HN(e)B) apparatus and methods are disclosed. The HN(e)B includes a Trusted Environment (TrE) and interfaces including unprotected interfaces, cryptographically protected interfaces, and hardware protected interfaces. The H(e)NB incl... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100122085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE SECURITY LEVEL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A system and method for providing variable security levels in a wireless communication network. The present invention optimizes the often conflicting demands of highly secure wireless communications and high speed wireless communications. According to a preferred embodi... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100121882 | Method and System for Implementing and Managing an Enterprise Identity Management for Distributed Security in a Computer System A method and system for facilitating the management of user identities includes an ownership component, a registration component, and a servicing component. When a user first desires to access a system using the present invention, the registration component verifies the... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100049974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFICATION OF INFORMATION ACCESS IN ICT SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE SECURITY DIMENSIONS AND MULTIPLE SECURITY LEVELS We describe a model for multilevel information security. Information security is defined as combinations of confidentiality, integrity and availability. These three aspects are regarded as properties of a generic information object, and are treated as mutually independe... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100031035 | BLOCK-BASED MEDIA CONTENT AUTHENTICATION A technique for security and authentication on block-based media includes involves the use of protected keys, providing authentication and encryption primitives. A system according to the technique may include a secure device having a security kernel with protected keys... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100023761 | Systems and Methods Using Cryptography to Protect Secure Computing Environments Secure computation environments are protected from bogus or rogue load modules, executables and other data elements through use of digital signatures, seals and certificates issued by a verifying authority. A verifying authority—which may be a trusted independent thir... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100011209 | SECURE EXECUTION OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM Hijacking of an application is prevented by securing execution of a computer program on a computing system. Prior to execution of the computer program, the computer program is analyzed to identify permitted targets of all indirect transfers. An application-specific poli... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090323937 | MULTI-LEVEL DATA ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF A multi-level data encryption and decryption system and a method thereof are provided. The method includes dividing a data into a plurality of sub-data blocks corresponding to a plurality of user levels. The method also includes generating an encryption key for each lev... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090319787 | MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT LEVELS OF SECURITY CONTAINING MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY INTERFACE Methods and systems for enabling security in transferring data from a single level MILS partition to the multiple level LAN. When a frame is received from an external stack via a network interface card, the frame contains a security classification, which is compared to ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090320138 | NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM HAVING A DEVICE PROFILER COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLED TO A TRAFFIC MONITOR A system and method for providing distributed security of a network. Several device profilers are placed at different locations of a network to assess vulnerabilities from different perspectives. The device profiler identifies the hosts on the network, and characteristi... | 12/24/2009 |