Secure detection network system

A secure detection node comprising:

• A. a secure network interface, configured to receive an agent module and configuration files via a secure network;
• B. a processor and a memory, the processor configured to execute the agent module, the agent module configured to implement the configuration files to establish a different encryption means for each node from a set of nodes with which the secure detection node is to communicate;
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• C. a detector interface, configured to receive data from a set of detectors disposed to detect the presence of an illegal condition.

A method of providing a secure detection network system having a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a processor and storage means, the method comprising:

• A. providing a plurality of remote nodes, each remote node comprising a set of detector interfaces configured for coupling to a set of detectors disposed for detecting the presence of an illegal condition within a shipping container;
• D. generating by at least one server node an intelligent agent module and a set of node specific configuration files for each remote node in the plurality of remote nodes, including defining for each remote node a set of other nodes with which the remote node can communicate, including providing a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the set other nodes;
• E. downloading to each remote node via a communication path a corresponding intelligent agent module and a corresponding set of node specific configuration files;
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• F. installing each remote node in the plurality of remote nodes, including executing the corresponding intelligent agent module with the corresponding node specific configuration files.

A secure identification control system comprising:

• A. at least one body sensor configured to sense biometric information from a body;
• B. a handheld node comprising an interface to the at least one body sensor and an interface to a secure network, wherein the handheld node is configured to record biometric information, including information indicating removal of the body sensor from the body;
• C. the secure network including at least one server node configured to deliver to the handheld node an agent module, said agent module comprising a node specific configuration file defining a set of nodes with which the handheld node can communicate and a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the set of nodes;
• D. a set of detectors configured to sense a handheld node location;
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• E. an identification controller coupled to the secure network and configured to generate an identification indication as a function of the handheld node location and an authentication of the body from the handheld node, wherein such authentication is a function of an indication from the handheld device that the at least one body sensor had not been removed from the body.

An orthogonal authentication system, comprising:

• A. a computer system having a user interface and access to a network;
• B. a user authentication subsystem comprising user specific authentication data for a plurality of users, and configured to authenticate a user as a function of authentication information input at the computer system;
• C. a biometric database, comprising user specific biometric data for a plurality of users;
• D. a facility access control system having access to the network and the biometric database, and including at least one biometric sensor and an access controller configured to grant access to a facility as a function of biometric data received from the at least one biometric sensor corresponding to a set of user specific biometric data in the biometric database;
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• E. a computer network access controller configured to grant the user access to the network as a function of an authentication of the user by the user authentication subsystem and an identification of the user from the facility access control system.

A method of providing orthogonal authentication for access to a computer network, the method comprising the steps:

• A. granting access to a facility having a computer system therein as a function of sensing biometric data of a user that corresponds with stored user specific biometric data;
• B. entering user authentication data at the computer subsystem;
• C. authenticating the user by one or more of:
• 1. comparing the entered user authentication data with stored user specific authentication data;
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• 2. confirming the identity of the user employee by visual inspection;
• D. granting the user access to the computer network if the user was granted access to the facility in step A and authenticated in step C, else refusing access to the network by the user.