Systems and methods for encoding data

A system for encoding sensitive information, the system comprising:

• a reception module programmed to receive, on a computing device, a request to encode the sensitive information using a cipher;
• an identification module programmed to identify an encryption key to be used by the cipher to encode the sensitive information;
• a generation module programmed to generate, on the computing device, a unique non-random initialization vector for the sensitive information that is to be used by the cipher to encode the sensitive information by:
• obtaining a unique identifier associated with the computing device;
• obtaining a set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information;
• concatenating the unique identifier with the set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information to create the unique non-random initialization vector for the sensitive information;
• the cipher, wherein the cipher is programmed to encode the sensitive information using the unique non-random initialization vector and the encryption key;
• the generation module is programmed to discard, after the sensitive information has been encoded:
• the unique non-random initialization vector;
• the set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information;
• the reception module is programmed to receive, on the computing device and after the unique non-random initialization vector and the set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information have been discarded, a request to decode the sensitive information on the computing device;
• the generation module is programmed to regenerate, on the computing device and in response to the request to decode the sensitive information having been received, the unique non-random initialization vector using the same process used to generate the unique non-random initialization vector;
• the cipher is programmed to decode, on the computing device, the sensitive information using the regenerated unique non-random initialization vector and the encryption key;
• at least one hardware processor configured to execute the reception module, the identification module, the generation module, and the cipher.

A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive, on the computing device, a request to encode sensitive information using a cipher;
• identify an encryption key to be used by the cipher to encode the sensitive information;
• generate, on the computing device, a unique non-random initialization vector for the sensitive information that is to be used by the cipher to encode the sensitive information by:
• obtaining a unique identifier associated with the computing device;
• obtaining a set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information;
• concatenating the unique identifier with the set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information to create the unique non-random initialization vector for the sensitive information;
• encode the sensitive information with the cipher using the unique non-random initialization vector and the encryption key;
• discard, after encoding the sensitive information:
• the unique non-random initialization vector;
• the set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information;
• after discarding the unique non-random initialization vector and the set of information that uniquely identifies the sensitive information:
• receive, on the computing device, a request to decode the sensitive information on the computing device;
• regenerate, on the computing device, the unique non-random initialization vector using the same process used to generate the unique non-random initialization vector;
• decode, on the computing device, the sensitive information using the regenerated unique non-random initialization vector and the encryption key.