Producing data elements
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDANIEL ELLAM, ADRIAN JOHN BALDWIN, STUART LEES, NELSON CHANG
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Abstract
In an example, a method is described. The method comprises receiving identifying information associated with an occurrence of an activity within a computing network. The method further comprises receiving an indication of a sequence value generated by a sequence function that iterates the sequence value in response to a metric associated with activity of the computing network triggering iteration of the sequence value. The method further comprises producing a data element representative of the identifying information by using the indicated sequence value as an input to a transformation function for at least partially concealing the identifying information when producing the data element.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- receiving:
- identifying information associated with an occurrence of an activity within a computing network;
- and
- an indication of a sequence value generated by a sequence function that iterates the sequence value in response to a metric associated with activity of the computing network triggering iteration of the sequence value;
- and
- producing, using processing circuitry, a data element representative of the identifying information by using the indicated sequence value as an input to a transformation function for at least partially concealing the identifying information when producing the data element.
A tangible machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive:
- identifying information associated with an occurrence of an activity within a computing network;
- an event indicator associated with the occurrence of the activity;
- and
- an indication of a sequence value generated by a sequence function that iterates the sequence value in response to a metric associated with activity of the computing network triggering iteration of the sequence value, where the metric is obtained by an analytical function for monitoring the activity of the computing network;
- produce a data element representative of the identifying information by using the indicated sequence value as an input to a transformation function for at least partially concealing the identifying information when producing the data element;
- generate a log comprising the event indicator and the data element;
- and
- cause the log to be sent to the analytical function.
Apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor communicatively coupled to a secure interface with a management domain, where the secure interface is to receive, from the management domain:
- an indication of a sequence value generated by a sequence function that iterates the sequence value in response to a metric associated with activity of a computing network triggering iteration of the sequence value, where the computing network comprises the apparatus, and where the sequence value is associated with a lease indicating a time period over which the sequence value can be used;
- and
- a key;
- and
- a tangible machine-readable medium storing instructions readable and executable by the at least one processor to perform a method in a trusted execution environment of the at least one processor, the method comprising:
- obtaining identifying information associated with an occurrence of an activity within the computing network;
- producing a data element representative of the identifying information by using the indicated sequence value as an input to a transformation function for at least partially concealing the identifying information when producing the data element, and where the data element is encrypted using the key;
- storing, in trusted storage, the obtained identifying information mapped to the indicated sequence value used to produce the data element;
- and
- generating a log comprising the encrypted data element and an event indicator associated with the occurrence of the activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.