Abstract: The method provides an automated and scalable system for the generation, distribution, management of symmetric pre-shared keys (PSKs) to applications executing on headless and mobile devices. It helps achieve device protection, application security, and data protection with data authenticity and confidentiality in intra-device, inter-device, device-to-edge, and device-to-cloud communications. It helps Transport Layer Security (TLS) enabled applications dynamically acquire and renew PSKs and use identity hints for PSK based authentication ceremony during a TLS handshake. It helps client-server applications dynamically acquire and renew PSKs using keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC) for data integrity and authenticity, content signing, and data encryption for confidentiality. It helps manage and distribute API shared secrets and API access tokens required for authenticated API requests and API security.

Abstract: The method provides for securely harvesting and distributing trusted metadata from devices to artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It enables use of cryptographic hashes and signatures on data for supply chain provenance. It is an agentless method to enhance application security by design, and data protection with data authenticity and confidentiality in device to upstream services communications and data sharing. It helps securely harvest, filter, and forward device metadata to webhooks for AI/ML driven data analytics.

Abstract: The method provides for dynamic retrieval of certificates, with remote, secure, and scalable lifecycle management. It enables configuring, generating, issuing, and sending client certificates by a certificate broker service to client applications, sending client certificates by client applications to server applications, and verifying of client certificates by server applications for host address, network address, network mash, network scope, and IP address pool-based authorization. It is an agentless method to achieve device protection, application security, and data protection with data authenticity and confidentiality in intra-device, inter-device, device-to-edge, and device-to-cloud secure communications. It helps Transport Layer Security and Internet Key Exchange enabled applications retrieve leaf certificates and the associated private key, and verify certificates, programmatically for certificate-based authentication during protocol handshake, with host and network address-based authorization policies.