Process for creating and managing at least one cryptographic key, and system for its implementation

A computer processing system including a storage means for creating symmetrical cryptographic keys, wherein a symmetrical cryptographic key can be used to both encode and decode data, and wherein said computer processing system manages users, said computer processing system comprising:

• a key generating center for creating at least one key at the request of a local registration authority with which the key generating center communicates;
• a wake up mechanism;
• and
• a key server configured to create at least one key for each user based on one or more attributes associated with said user, wherein said one or more attributes comprises a status attribute capable of having any one of the following values:
• pending, in progress, process ended with an error message, process done, sending a creation request and done;
• wherein said one or more attributes further comprises a scheduling attribute for indicating that said symmetric key is periodically generated responsive to said wake up mechanism;
• and
• wherein said computer processing system is configured to form said created request of a local registration authority by creating each individual creation request from a corresponding multiple creation request recorded in the storage means relative to a set of users belonging to a preset list, or to a set of users defined by predetermined criteria, as well as relative to model pairs of keys for either of said sets of users.

A non-transitory computer readable medium upon which is embodied a set of programmable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for creating and managing symmetrical cryptographic keys, wherein a symmetrical cryptographic key can be used to both encode and decode data, and wherein each key is intended for a user managed by a computer system, comprising:

• searching in storage means for at least one user for which a symmetric key must be created, each user associated with one or more attributes comprising a status attribute and a scheduling attribute, wherein said status attribute is capable of having any one of the following values:
• pending, in progress, process ended with an error message, process done, sending a creation request and done;
• creating, based on said one or more attributes, at least one individual creation request for creating a symmetric key for said user, said creating further comprising periodically executing said individual creation request based on said scheduling attribute;
• transmitting a key generating request corresponding to said individual creation request to a key generating center;
• issuing, by said key generating center, a symmetric key in accordance with said transmitted key generating request;
• and
• creating each of said individual creation requests from a corresponding multiple creation request recorded in the storage means relative to a set of users belonging to a preset list, or to a set of users defined by predetermined criteria, as well as relative to model pairs of keys for either of said sets of users.