System and method for biometrically secured, transparent encryption and decryption

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for enabling a storage system having a secure repository for storage of files, wherein the secure repository is associated with information associated with a security template of a user for authentication of the user's identity, wherein the program instructs the at least one computer to perform the following steps:

• receiving information indicative of a request by the user to access the secure repository;
• authenticating the user's identity by confirming that the information associated with the security template statistically matches with information received from the user and associated with an authentication template of the user;
• upon authenticating the user's identity, generating a key to use for encrypting at least one file stored within the secure repository or decrypting at least one file removed from the secure repository during the session,
• wherein the key is at least partially based on at least one of the security or first authentication templates;
• and
• encrypting or decrypting at least one file using said key during said session.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for enabling a storage system having a secure repository for storage of files, wherein the secure repository is associated with information indicative of a security template of a user for authentication of the user's identity, wherein the program instructs the at least one computer to perform the following steps:

• receiving information indicative of a request by the user to access the secure repository during a session;
• receiving information indicative of an authentication template of the user to access the secure repository during the session;
• comparing the information indicative of the authentication template with the information indicative of the security template;
• upon the information indicative of the authentication template correlating with the information indicative of the security template, confirming authentication of the user's identity to allow for storage of one or more files in the secure repository during the session;
• receiving an instruction from the user to store a first file in the secure repository during the session;
• upon receipt of the instruction from the user to store the first file, storing the first file in the secure repository;
• commensurate with storing the first file in the secure repository, encrypting the first file using a first key;
• receiving an instruction from the user to store a second file in the secure repository during the session;
• upon receipt of the instruction from the user to store the second file, storing the second file in the secure repository;
• commensurate with storing the second file in the secure repository, encrypting the second file using a second key,
• wherein encryption of the first file with the first key and encryption of the second file with the second key provides for individual encryption of each file stored within the secure repository.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for enabling a storage system having a secure repository for storage of files, wherein the secure repository is associated with information indicative of a security template of a user for authentication of the user's identity, wherein the program instructs the at least one computer to perform the following steps:

• receiving information indicative of a request by the user to access the secure repository during a session;
• receiving information indicative of an authentication template of the user to access the secure repository during the session;
• comparing the information indicative of the authentication template with the information indicative of the security template;
• upon the information indicative of the authentication template correlating with the information indicative of the security template, confirming authentication of the user's identity to allow for storage of a plurality of files in the secure repository during the session;
• receiving at least one instruction from the user to store the plurality of files in the secure repository;
• receiving at least one instruction from the user to store at least one of the plurality of files in a folder of the secure repository;
• upon receipt of the at least one instruction from the user to store the plurality of files in the secure repository, storing the plurality of files in the secure repository;
• commensurate with storing the plurality of files in the secure repository, individually encrypting each of the plurality of files using at least one key;
• upon receipt of the at least one instruction from the user to store at least one of the plurality of files in a folder, storing at least one of the plurality of files in the folder of the secure repository,
• wherein each file stored in the folder is individually encrypted.