Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic rotation and storage of security credentials
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Application No.: US15238639Application Date: 2016-08-16
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Publication No.: US10346607B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: William Frederick Kruse
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F21/45 ; G06F21/31

Abstract:
A system and method for a credentials agent that automatically rotates and stores security credentials to be used at least in part to authenticate calling applications with a computing resource service provider. Upon determining that a first set of credentials are due to be rotated, the credentials agent may obtain a second set of credentials and store the second set of credentials in a data store. The credentials agent may give notice to a calling application that the first set of credentials is due to be rotated, whereupon the calling application may obtain the second set of credentials and be authenticated to access a resource of the computing resource service provider at least in part by providing the second set of credentials. The authorization system provides visualizations and alerts to administrators of unexpected states that may be caused by misconfigured applications or malicious users.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357955A1 AUTOMATIC ROTATION AND STORAGE OF SECURITY CREDENTIALS Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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