Storage locations for anti-phish, personalized, security tokens for use with electronic communications

A method for securing electronic communications, the method comprising:

• in a registration process:
• receiving a request from each user computing device, included in a plurality of user computing devices, to receive an anti-phish, personalized, security token with each electronic communication received in one or more of a plurality of channels;
• displaying, to each user computing device included in the plurality of user computing devices, a plurality of selectable options for the anti-phish, personalized, security token;
• receiving, from each user computing device included in the plurality of user computing devices, a selection of an option, included in the plurality of selectable options;
• and
• registering the selected option for the each of the user computing devices included in the plurality of user computing devices, said registering comprising:
• generating a hash of the selected, anti-phish, personalized security token;
• linking the hash to an identifier of the user device;
• transmitting the hash linked to the identifier to a database, said database coupled to an interceptor computer system, said database coupled to the interceptor computer system being interposed along the one or more channels;
• storing the hash linked to the identifier in the database;
• and
• storing the anti-phish, personalized, security token in a secure storage location within the user computing device;
• in an in-use process:
• generating one or more electronic communications at one or more of the plurality of channels;
• forwarding, via the one or more channels, the one or more electronic communications to the one or more user devices;
• intercepting the one or more electronic communications at the database coupled to the interceptor computer system;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, selecting from the database coupled to the interceptor computer system, the hash linked to the user identifier of the user device;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, injecting the hash into the electronic communication in order to create an injected hash;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, transmitting the electronic communication, with the injected hash, to the user device included in the one or more user devices;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, receiving the electronic communication, with the injected hash, at the user device included in the one or more user devices;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, generating a second hash of the anti-phish, personalized security token included in the secure storage;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, comparing the injected hash included in the electronic communication to the second hash;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, determining that the injected hash is equivalent to the second hash;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, releasing the anti-phish, personalized, security token from the secure storage location;
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, replacing the injected hash with the anti-phish, personalized, security token;
• and
• for each of the one or more electronic communications, displaying the electronic communication on the user device included in the one or more user devices.

A system for securing electronic communications, the system comprising:

• an originating server located at an entity;
• an edge server located at the entity;
• a database located at the entity;
• wherein during a registration process:
• the originating server receives a request from a user device, the request to receive an anti-phish, personalized, security token with each electronic communication from the entity;
• the originating server displays a plurality of selectable options for the anti-phish, personalized, security token;
• the originating server receives a selection of an option for the anti-phish, personalized, security token, the option included in the plurality of selectable options;
• the originating server instructs the user device to:
• store the selected option for the anti-phish, personalized, security toke in a secure storage location on the user device;
• generate a hash of the selected option for the anti-phish, personalized, security token;
• and
• transmit the hash from the user device to the originating server;
• the originating server registers the hash as being linked to a profile associated with the user device;
• and
• the originating server stores, in the database, the hash linked to the profile associated with the user device;
• wherein during an in-use process:
• the originating server generates an electronic communication, where a recipient of the electronic communication is the user device;
• the originating server forwards the electronic communication to the user device;
• the edge server intercepts the electronic communication;
• the edge server retrieves the hash linked to the profile associated with the user device;
• the edge server populates the electronic communication with the hash;
• the edge server forwards the electronic communication to one or more electronic channels associated with the user device;
• the user device receives the electronic communication;
• the user device generates a second hash of the anti-phish, personalized, security token stored in secure storage;
• the user device compares the second hash to the hash;
• when the second hash is equivalent to the hash, the user device replaces the hash in the electronic communication with the anti-phish, personalized, security token;
• the user device displays the electronic communication with the anti-phish, personalized, security token.