Systems and methods for recognizing a device

A system for identifying a device seeking communication with a server, the system comprising:

• a first processor;
• and
• a first memory in electrical communication with the first processor, the first memory comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing unit included in the server and comprising at least one of the first processor or a second processor, and in electronic communication with a memory module comprising at least one of the first memory or a second memory, program the processing unit to:
• receive from the device, device data comprising a plurality of device attributes;
• determine by analyzing the device attributes that (i) the device is not classified as a risky device, and that (ii) the plurality of device attributes comprises a key attribute comprising a public key for the device, and a set of other device attributes;
• query a database with the public key;
• when the database contains the public key:
• access from the database a record that corresponds to the public key and comprises a device identifier (DID);
• and
• provide the DID in the record as an identifier of the device;
• otherwise:
• query the database with the set of other device attributes;
• when the database contains at least one device attribute from the set of other device attributes:
• access from the database a record that corresponds to the at least one device attribute and comprises a device identifier (DID);
• update the record with the public key for the device;
• provide the DID in the record as an identifier of the device;
• otherwise:
• create a new DID and a new record comprising the new DID, the public key for the device, and the set of other device attributes;
• store the new record in the database;
• and
• provide the new DID as the identifier of the device.