Information security systems and methods

A method for governing the use of a digital resource, the method comprising:

• receiving one or more programs associated with at least one user, wherein the one or more programs are configured to operate upon the digital resource when executed to generate a derived digital resource by performing at least one computation on information contained in the digital resource;
• associating one or more rules with the digital resource, wherein the rules correspond to one or more conditions for accessing the digital resource;
• cryptographically associating the one or more programs with the digital resource;
• and
• receiving a request to generate the derived digital resource from a system associated with the at least one user;
• executing the one or more programs to generate the derived digital resource based on the digital resource, wherein the at least one computation comprises a computation that obscures at least a portion of the digital resource when executed to the generate the derived digital resource such that the digital resource contains information that is not included in the generated derived digital resource, and wherein executing the one or more programs comprises enforcing the one or more conditions for accessing the digital resource in connection with execution of the one or more programs;
• and
• transmitting the derived digital resource to the system associated with the at least one user.