Secure smart containers for controlling access to data
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsArielle Tovah Orazio, Matthias Seul, Christopher Pepin, Lloyd Wellington Mascarenhas
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Abstract
A computer system controls access to data. A secure container that is based on an image file is instantiated at an endpoint device of a user, wherein the secure container includes encrypted data corresponding to the user. An access request to the secure container is authenticated by verifying credentials of the user. In response to verifying the credentials of the user, access to the data is granted. Access to the data is controlled by decrypting and enabling access to a portion of the data, wherein additional portions of the data are decrypted and made accessible based on user behavior.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method for controlling access to a secure container comprising:
- instantiating, at an endpoint device of a user, a secure container that is based on an image file, wherein the secure container includes encrypted data corresponding to the user;
- authenticating an access request to the secure container by verifying credentials of the user;
- in response to verifying the credentials of the user, granting access to the data;
- and
- controlling access to the data by decrypting and enabling access to a portion of the data, wherein additional portions of the data are decrypted and made accessible based on user behavior.
A computer system for controlling access to a secure container, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
- instantiate, at an endpoint device of a user, a secure container that is based on an image file, wherein the secure container includes encrypted data corresponding to the user;
- authenticate an access request to the secure container by verifying credentials of the user;
- in response to verifying the credentials of the user, grant access to the data;
- and
- control access to the data by decrypting and enabling access to a portion of the data, wherein additional portions of the data are decrypted and made accessible based on user behavior.
A computer program product for controlling access to a secure container, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media collectively having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
- instantiate, at an endpoint device of a user, a secure container that is based on an image file, wherein the secure container includes encrypted data corresponding to the user;
- authenticate an access request to the secure container by verifying credentials of the user;
- in response to verifying the credentials of the user, grant access to the data;
- and
- control access to the data by decrypting and enabling access to a portion of the data, wherein additional portions of the data are decrypted and made accessible based on user behavior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.