Abstract:
An electronic device, which may be a USB device, includes a body part that is removably connected to a cap. The body part includes a connector for plugging the device into a host computing device. The cap includes a lever part and a main part. The lever part of the cap is attached to the main part and pivots at least partially around a pivot axis. The lever part includes an anchor part on one side of the pivot axis and an unlock part on the other side of the pivot axis. The anchor part includes a hook that engages a cavity in the body part when the cap is connected to the body part. Depressing the unlock part of the cap causes the lever to pivot around the pivot axis thereby disengaging the hook from the first cavity, and thereby releasing the cap from the body part.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a secure smart card reader enabled to make reader signatures on data representative of events and actions which may be security related and which may comprise data representative of reader commands the reader receives from a host or remote application, smart card commands the reader exchanges with an inserted smart card, data the reader presents to the user for approval, and/or configuration parameters the reader applies when dealing with any of the foregoing. The smart card reader may furthermore be adapted to maintain logs of certain events and actions which may comprise exchanging reader commands with a host or remote application, exchanging smart card commands with an inserted smart card, and/or interactions with a user. The logs may comprise data representative of reader commands the reader receives from a host or remote application, smart card commands the reader exchanges with an inserted smart card, data the reader presents to the user for approval, and/or configuration parameters the reader applies when dealing with any of the foregoing. The secure smart card reader may be adapted to generate a reader signature over one or more of these logs.
Abstract:
Mass storage devices and methods for securely storing data are disclosed. The mass storage device includes a communication interface for communicating with a connected host computer, a mass-memory storage component for storing data, a secure key storage component adapted to securely store at least one master secret, and an encryption-decryption component different from the secure key storage component and connected to the secure key storage component and the mass-memory storage component. The encryption-decryption component may be adapted to encrypt data received from the host computer using an encryption algorithm and at least one encryption key and to write the encrypted data into the mass-memory storage component. The encryption-decryption component may also be adapted to decrypt encrypted data stored in the mass-memory storage component for returning the data to the host computer in response to a read data command from the host computer using a decryption algorithm and at least one decryption key the security of which is protected using a master secret securely stored in the secure key storage component.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method to efficiently transmit a digital message over a unidirectional optical link, such as the link between a computer screen and a security token equipped with photosensitive elements. It is an object of this invention to provide a source coding scheme that is optimized for transmissions of alphanumerical data containing frequent occurrences of numerals and less frequent occurrences of non-numerical data. This is achieved by using a modified Huffman code for source coding, consisting of a nibble-based prefix-free binary code. The output of the coder is efficiently mapped onto a 6B4T channel code, wherein unused ternary codewords can be used to signal data-link layer events. This efficient signalling of data-link layer events, in turn, allows for a synchronization scheme based on repeated transmissions of a finite-length message, combined with an out-of-band clock signal.
Abstract:
Transactions are classified into a limited number of categories. A user submitting a transaction to a server is requested to also generate and submit a dynamic transaction category approval code for the submitted transaction. On the server side a corresponding verification value is generated for the received transaction. Transactions are assigned one of a limited number of risk levels. A user submitting a transaction to a server is requested to also generate and submit a dynamic risk level approval code for the submitted transaction. On the server side a corresponding verification value is generated for the received transaction. The received dynamic risk level approval code is verified on the server side by comparing it with the generated verification value.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and systems for personalizing a software token using a dynamic credential (such as a one-time password or electronic signature) generated by a hardware token are disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for the secure electronic signing of electronic documents and data. In a preferred embodiment, a method for generating a first digital signature associated with a set of application data is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a first digital representation in a high level first data format of the set of application data; generating a second digital representation in a low level second data format of the application data whereby said low level second data format is different from said high level first data format; presenting an analog representation of the set of application data to a user, whereby said second digital representation is a precise and accurate representation of said analog representation; obtaining an indication whether said user approves said analog representation for signing; if said indication indicates that the user approves said analog representation for signing, generating said first digital signature over said second digital representation using a first signature key associated with the user.