Mediator utilizing electronic content to enforce policies to a resource

A mediator server operative to enforcing policies to a resource using an electronic content, comprising a mediator of the mediator server operative to:

• receive a second shares SKG2 from an owner server, wherein a first share SKG1 is provided to a member server of a member by the owner server;
• wherein a group is created by the owner server comprising generating a group public key PKG and a group secret key SKG;
• wherein the member is added by the owner server to the group by generating the first share SKG1 from the group secret key SKG and a public key of the member, and the second share SKG2 from the group secret key SKG and a public key of the mediator;
• wherein a user publishes an electronic content for the group, comprising the user encrypting the electronic content to the group public key PKG, wherein the electronic content includes a header and a payload;
• and
• wherein the member obtains the encrypted electronic content;
• the mediator of the mediator server further operative to:
• receive a request from the member for mediation, comprising the mediator receiving a dispatch of the header of the encrypted electronic content;
• receive a request, by the member, for mediation, comprising the mediator receiving a dispatch of the header of the encrypted electronic content from the member;
• determine whether the member is eligible to access the electronic content based at least in part on the policies associated with the group, if eligible, the mediator responding to the request for mediation with a member accessible header, wherein the member accessible header includes the header after application of SKG2;
• wherein the member obtains a secret based on SKG1 and the member accessible header;
• and
• wherein the member decrypts the payload of the electronic content using the secret.