Cryptographic key management
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsVinod A. Valecha, Rinkesh I. Bansal, Sanjay B. Panchal, Chintan Thaker
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Abstract
Cryptographic key provisioning by determining future cryptographic key demand according to historic key demand and key access requirements, determining cryptographic key provisioning resources for the future cryptographic key demand, and providing cryptographic keys, prior to the determined future cryptographic key demand using the cryptographic key provisioning resources.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for cryptographic key provisioning, the method comprising:
- determining future cryptographic key demand according to historic key demand and key access requirements;
- determining cryptographic key provisioning resources for the future cryptographic key demand;
- and
- providing cryptographic keys prior to the future cryptographic key demand using the cryptographic key provisioning resources.
A computer program product for cryptographic key provisioning, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage devices and stored program instructions on the one or more computer readable storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions for determining future cryptographic key demand according to historic key demand and key access requirements;
- program instructions for determining cryptographic key provisioning resources for the future cryptographic key demand;
- and
- program instructions for providing cryptographic keys prior to the future cryptographic key demand using the cryptographic key provisioning resources.
A computer system for cryptographic key provisioning, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage devices;
- and
- program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions for determining future cryptographic key demand according to historic key demand and key access requirements;
- program instructions for determining cryptographic key provisioning resources for the future cryptographic key demand;
- and
- program instructions for providing cryptographic keys prior to the future cryptographic key demand using the cryptographic key provisioning resources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.