Ensuring information security in data transfers by utilizing proximity keys

A method, comprising:

• at a computing platform comprising at least one hardware processor, memory, and a communication interface:
• receiving, by the at least one hardware processor, via the communication interface, from a first data source user computing device, a data collection comprising one or more data sets to be transferred to one or more remote recipient computer systems;
• receiving, by the at least one processor hardware processor, via the communication interface, from the first data source user computing device, one or more transfer path specifications defining a specific sequence of hop points via which the data collection comprising the one or more data sets is to be transferred to the one or more remote recipient computer systems;
• receiving, by the at least one hardware processor, via the communication interface, from a quorum of authorization devices, a plurality of authorization keys;
• validating, by the at least one hardware processor, the plurality of authorization keys received from the quorum of authorization devices;
• based on validating the plurality of authorization keys received from the quorum of authorization devices, encrypting, by the at least one hardware processor, the data collection comprising the one or more data sets using the plurality of authorization keys received from the quorum of authorization devices to produce an encrypted data collection;
• and
• sending, by the at least one hardware processor, via the communication interface, to a first hop point associated with the specific sequence of hop points defined by the one or more transfer path specifications, the encrypted data collection to initiate a transfer of the data collection comprising the one or more data sets to a data decryption computing platform comprising one or more computing devices.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by a computing platform comprising at least one hardware processor, memory, and a communication interface, cause the computing platform to:

• receive, via the communication interface, from a first data source user computing device, a data collection comprising one or more data sets to be transferred to one or more remote recipient computer systems;
• receive, via the communication interface, from the first data source user computing device, one or more transfer path specifications defining a specific sequence of hop points via which the data collection comprising the one or more data sets is to be transferred to the one or more remote recipient computer systems;
• receive, via the communication interface, from a quorum of authorization devices, a plurality of authorization keys;
• validate the plurality of authorization keys received from the quorum of authorization devices;
• based on validating the plurality of authorization keys received from the quorum of authorization devices, encrypt the data collection comprising the one or more data sets using the plurality of authorization keys received from the quorum of authorization devices to produce an encrypted data collection;
• and
• send, via the communication interface, to a first hop point associated with the specific sequence of hop points defined by the one or more transfer path specifications, the encrypted data collection to initiate a transfer of the data collection comprising the one or more data sets to a data decryption computing platform comprising one or more computing devices.