Cryptographic control and maintenance of organizational structure and functions

A method for control and maintenance of an operational organizational structure, involving cryptographic control and maintenance of entities within one or more business organizations, the method being automated using a computing device, the method comprising:

• associating cryptographic capabilities with electronic representations of entities within an organizational structure of the one or more business organizations;
• organizing entities within the organizational structure as roles through associating the electronic representations of entities with electronic representations of roles;
• and
• upon any addition, deletion or modification of an entity, a cryptographic capability, or any of their associations, maintaining roles within the organizational structure by adding, deleting or modifying electronic representations of the entities, cryptographic capabilities, roles, or any of their associations.