System and method for secure access control
AssigneeBaimmt, LLC
InventorThomas Drennan Selgas
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for providing secure access control to an electronic network or device. By limiting the ability of a single administrator to act unilaterally without the agreement and/or notification of further system administrators, the data integrity and security of stored data, such as email accounts, may be enhanced and risk of compromise ameliorated. By permitting multiple administrators acting in a concert of action to access stored data, such as without notification of the email account holder, potential misconduct by email account holders may be audited.
Claims20
A secure access control system comprising:
- a secure access processor configured to issue a first authorization in response to a first concert of action between a first system administrator connected to the secure access processor and a second system administrator connectable to the secure access processor,
- wherein the first authorization comprises authorizing the first system administrator to access a secured data associated with at least one of a user, a user device, and an access session,
- wherein the first concert of action comprises at least one of:
- an authorization message is received by the secure access processor from the second system administrator, and
- an indication by the secure access processor that a notification message is transmitted by the secure access processor to the second system administrator,
- wherein the notification message comprises an indication of the first authorization, and
- wherein the first authorization is denied in response to the second system administrator connectable to the secure access processor not being connected to the secure access processor.
A method of secure access control comprising:
- setting an Administrator Integrity Count of an administrator counter of a privilege coordinator of a secure access control processor, the Administrator Integrity Count comprising a preset minim number of system administrators;
- authenticating a plurality of system administrators to a secure access control system;
- counting, by the administrator counter of a coordination engine, the plurality of system administrators, and determining a count being at least the Administrator Integrity Count,
- in response to the determining, issuing a first authorization to a first system administrator, and further in response to the determining, notifying a second system administration of the permitting.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in which is stored computer code that causes a computer system to perform a secure access control method, the computer system comprising at least one computer and at least one storage medium, accessible by the at least one computer, in which is stored the secure access control method, the computer code to perform the method, the method comprising:
- setting an Administrator Integrity Count of an administrator counter of a privilege coordinator of a secure access control processor, the Administrator Integrity Count comprising a preset minimum number of system administrators;
- authenticating a plurality of system administrators to a secure access control system;
- counting, by the administrator counter of a coordination engine, the plurality of system administrators, and determining a count being at least the Administrator Integrity Count,
- in response to the determining, issuing a first authorization to a first system administrator, and further in response to the determining, notifying a second system administrator of the permitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.