Automated Code Signing with File Security Credential Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current code signing processes face challenges in managing high-volume signing requests, detecting erroneous requests, and preventing misuse of high-value keys, leading to potential misuse or accidental shipment of low-quality files to clients.
Innovation Solution
An automated management system for code signing based on file security credentials, which evaluates signing requests using file security values and criteria to determine if a file should be signed with a specific key, ensuring only trustworthy files are signed and suggesting alternative keys if necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated signing systems process high-volume signing requests, then productivity increases, but the risk of erroneous requests and key misuse increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of signing requests by calculating file security values and comparing them against key criteria before actual signing occurs. This advance verification prevents erroneous signing requests from consuming cryptographic keys, thereby maintaining both high processing volume and high reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by providing detailed evaluation results and rejection reasons back to the signing request initiators. This feedback loop enables continuous improvement of file quality and security credentials, reducing erroneous requests over time while maintaining automated high-volume processing.
2Reliability
If high-value cryptographic keys are used for signing, then file security and trustworthiness improve, but the risk of key misuse for low-quality files increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system calculates file security values and performs preliminary assessments against key criteria before allowing high-value keys to be used. This ensures that only files meeting quality thresholds can consume high-value cryptographic keys, preventing key misuse while maintaining file trustworthiness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically evaluates file parameters (security credentials, quality metrics) and matches them against key parameters (key value, security requirements). This parameter-based matching ensures that high-value keys are only applied to files with corresponding high security parameters, preventing mismatched key usage.
3Reliability
If manual review processes are implemented for signing requests, then signing accuracy improves, but processing time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service verification by automatically calculating file security values, comparing them against stored key criteria, and making signing decisions without human intervention. This automated self-evaluation maintains high verification accuracy while eliminating manual review time delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical review processes with automated computational evaluation. The processor automatically retrieves file security credentials, calculates security values, and compares them against key criteria, substituting human manual review with efficient automated computational mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Examples described herein relate to signing of files based on file security credentials. A signing request for a file is received from a file author device. The signing request may include a file identifier associated with the file and a first key identifier associated with a first key stored in a hardware security module (HSM). File security credentials associated with the file may be obtained from one or more file security databases using the file identifier. A file security value for the file may be determined based on the file security credentials. On determining that the file security value satisfies a predetermined first key criteria, the file may be signed using the first key.