Methods and systems for secure and reliable identity-based computing

A hardened identity device arrangement for secure persistent resource identification, such hardened identity device arrangement comprising:

• a secure hardened arrangement including a chip or chipset packaging enclosure arrangement,
• wherein operations within the secure hardened packaging enclosure arrangement are at least in part controlled by one or more protected processing environments included within the secure hardened packaging enclosure arrangement, the operations including:
• securely communicating with a remote administrative identity service and/or a cloud identity service;
• providing effectively unpredictable emitter instruction control, at least in part, for supporting biometric liveness determination, wherein emitter instruction control is configured to cause an emitter arrangement to emit an effectively unpredictable formulation of electromagnetic radiation and/or ultra-sound;
• time stamping emitter electromagnetic radiation and/or ultra-sound emission event information and corresponding sensor electromagnetic radiation and/or ultra-sound sensing event information, such time stamping, at least in part, using information from one or more secure clocks located within one or more secure hardened packaging enclosure arrangements, such sensor event information being provided by a sensor arrangement;
• correlating time-stamped emitter event information and sensor event information, and performing timing anomaly analysis of the emitter event information and the sensor event information, to evaluate liveness of a human subject;
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• storing, in a protected repository arrangement located within such secure hardened chip or chipset packaging enclosure arrangement, biometric identification information and cryptographic key information;
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• wherein the secure hardened chip or chipset packaging enclosure arrangement employs an integrated circuit reverse engineering countermeasure arrangement.

A method for establishing secure persistent resource identification, such method comprising:

• providing, through use of a computing arrangement, at least one of one or more standardized resources and specifications, wherein such providing enables hardened identity device arrangements for secure persistent resource identification, each such hardened identity device arrangement comprises a secure hardened chip or chipset packaging enclosure arrangement,
• wherein operations within the secure hardened packaging enclosure arrangement are at least in part controlled by one or more protected processing environments included within the secure hardened packaging enclosure arrangement, the operations including:
• securely communicating with a remote administrative identity service and/or a cloud identity service;
• providing effectively unpredictable emitter instruction control, at least in part, for supporting biometric liveness determination, wherein emitter instruction control is configured to cause an emitter arrangement to emit an effectively unpredictable formulation of electromagnetic radiation and/or ultra-sound;
• time stamping emitter electromagnetic radiation and/or ultra-sound emission event information and corresponding sensor electromagnetic radiation and/or ultra-sound sensing event information, such time stamping, at least in part, using information from one or more secure clocks located within the secure hardened packaging enclosure arrangement, such sensor event information being provided by a sensor arrangement;
• correlating time-stamped emitter event information and sensor event information, and performing timing anomaly analysis of the emitter event information and the sensor event information, to evaluate liveness of a human subject;
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• storing, in a protected repository arrangement located within such secure hardened chip or chipset packaging enclosure arrangement, biometric identification information and cryptographic key information;
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• wherein the secure hardened chip or chipset packaging enclosure arrangement employs an integrated circuit reverse engineering countermeasure arrangement.