Mobile Multiple-Custody Access Using Wearables and Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security protocols for accessing institutional resources, such as information and assets, are prone to human error and manipulation, requiring significant manual effort and being susceptible to bad actors.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing mobile devices or wearables to establish digital multiple custody linkages, involving two or more user devices, which includes network interfaces, processing circuits, and validation processes to ensure secure access to resources by verifying user credentials and monitoring interactions, thereby reducing manual intervention and enhancing security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual security protocols (physical keys, paper logs) are used to access resources, then security control is maintained, but time consumption increases significantly and susceptibility to manipulation remains
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical security systems (physical keys, paper logs) with an electronic/digital system. Mobile devices store cryptographic keys and authenticate users electronically, while digital logs replace paper records. This substitution eliminates manual operations while maintaining security control, directly resolving the contradiction between security reliability and time consumption.
2Productivity
If employees have authorization to access certain resources, then operational efficiency is improved, but inherent security risks increase due to human error and potential malicious actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile devices as intermediaries between employees and institutional resources. Instead of employees directly accessing resources (which creates security risks), the mobile device acts as a mediator that enforces security protocols, manages authentication, and logs interactions. This intermediary layer maintains operational efficiency while eliminating direct human vulnerability to security breaches.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback mechanisms where mobile devices monitor and log all access interactions with institutional resources. This digital logging provides real-time feedback on security events, enabling immediate detection and response to potential security incidents while maintaining accurate records of all employee actions, thus reducing security risks without impacting productivity.
3Reliability
If digital multiple custody linkage is implemented between user devices, then security is enhanced and manual intervention is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal security framework where mobile devices perform multiple functions: storing cryptographic keys, authenticating users, establishing secure connections, and logging interactions. The institution computing system also serves multiple purposes including validation, activation, and monitoring. This multi-functionality consolidates what could be multiple separate complex systems into integrated solutions, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced security through digital multiple custody linkage.
Data Source
AI summary
A system including a network interface and a processing circuit is provided. The processing circuit includes one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is structured to receive a request for a multiple custody linkage between user devices. The multiple custody linkage includes a digital connection between the user devices that allows shared access to a resource. The resource includes at least one of a physical object or information. The processing circuit is further structured to perform a validation process based on information in the request for the multiple custody linkage to determine if a violation of a security protocol exists. The security protocol is associated with security of the resource. The processing circuit is further structured to, in response to determining no violation of the security protocol exists, activate the multiple custody linkage between the user devices to allow the shared access to the resource.