Information Security Using Blockchain Technology
OwnerKevin Tobininventor
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Abstract
Blockchain technology is used to provide security of electronic systems. The disclosed technology allows for a dynamic bond of trust to be applied to the field of information security without the need for a single point of trust to first be established. The lines of trust between electronic systems or devices is established by distributing information among the systems or devices. This allows for easy identification of commonalities and/or decision making whereby policy(s)/action(s)/monitoring/etc. can be enforced when those commonalities align. Simultaneously, deviations from those commonalities can be identified and policy(s)/action(s)/monitoring/etc. may also be invoked.
Claims20
A system of invoking informational security, the system comprising:
- a communications device;
- a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises:
- a ledger of information;
- a communication channel with at least one other node;
- a communication channel with the communications device;
- a storage unit configured to store the ledger of information and compare the information stored in the ledger against information from at least one other node's ledger;
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- a baseline of trust configured to be established with common pieces of information within the ledgers of information to create a common fingerprint.
A method of invoking informational security comprising:
- connecting a plurality of nodes to a network;
- allowing communication channels to be open between each individual node in the plurality of nodes;
- connecting the network to a communications device;
- sharing information about the communications device among the plurality of nodes in the network;
- using the shared information to create a baseline of trust about the communications device;
- within each individual node, comparing the shared information about the communications device with the baseline of trust to determine if the shared information matches the baseline of trust;
- and
- performing security measures if any individual node's shared information does not match the baseline of trust.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.