Document security in enterprise content management systems
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKenytt D. Avery, Jean-Marc Costecalde, David B. Harnick-Shapiro
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Abstract
Methods for enhancing the security of content in a records management system. A document is received to be stored as a record in the records management system. A unique combination of an encryption key and encryption parameters is selected for the document. The encryption key and encryption parameters are stored on a server that is different from a server upon which the document is to be stored in the records management system. The document is encrypted using the selected unique combination of encryption key and encryption parameters. The encrypted document is stored in the records management system.
Claims6
A computer-implemented method for a records management system, comprising:
- generating a unique encryption key for each document in a plurality of documents stored on a first server in a records management system, wherein each unique encryption key is generated in accordance with an assigned classification level for each document;
- encrypting each document in the plurality of documents at the first server, using the unique encryption keys for each document and a set of encryption parameters for each document;
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- storing the unique encryption keys and the sets of encryption parameters for each document on a second server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.