Abstract: From the enterprise cloud to robot swarms, distributed systems are everywhere. However, because these systems are realized through the careful coupling of disparate technologies (e.g., databases, messaging systems, and application runtimes), they are difficult to create and maintain—even for experienced engineers. This is a problem because the engineers of these systems have to work harder, be better trained, and thus cost more to employ, making it harder to create new products and inventions. A solution herein is a Data Backbone that provides a single medium for processing, storing, and sharing data in near-real-time. By combining these features into a single medium, the Data Backbone consolidates the functionality of several disparate tools into one system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for neutral application programming interfaces are disclosed. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system for neutral application programming interfaces. The system may comprise a device. The device may be configured to receive a request. The request may comprise an outer payload and an inner payload. The device may be further configured to parse the outer payload based on a common definition of the outer payload. The device may be further configured to extract information of an action from the outer payload. The device may be further configured to parse the inner payload based on a definition of the action. The device may be further configured to process the action.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for recording mileage data of a vehicle on a blockchain. A method for recording mileage data of a vehicle on a blockchain is provided, including: providing a vehicle database and a mileage database, where the vehicle database is configured to store an identification number that uniquely identifies a vehicle, and the mileage database is configured to store mileage data about vehicle kilometers of travel (VKT); obtaining a vehicle identification number (VIN) from the vehicle database; obtaining the mileage data of the vehicle from the mileage database according to the VIN; and storing data related to the mileage data in the blockchain.

Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept provide a system and method that verifies a user through a security token combined with biometric information processing techniques capable of changing and canceling the conventional encryption key without storing biometric information-related data corresponding to a user's personal information.

Abstract: Techniques for securing digital signatures using multi-party computation. A method includes generating at least one first secret share by a first system, wherein at least one second secret share is generated by one of at least one second system; signing data based on the at least one first secret share when a signing policy is met, wherein the signing is part of an interactive signing process including running a multi-party computation protocol by the first system and the at least one second system, wherein the signed data corresponds to a public key generated based on the plurality of secret shares, wherein the signing policy requires a minimum number of secret shares, wherein shares of one system alone are not sufficient to meet the signing policy, wherein no portion of shares of one system are revealed to the other system during the interactive signing process.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method may include receiving edge device data, training a remote artificial intelligence (AI) model using the edge device data, and storing resulting remote AI model parameters in a ledger-based data structure. The ledger may also store device health data indicative of electronic device health of one or more edge devices. A ledger node may store a shared ledger. The shared ledger may use blockchain or encryption techniques and may store encrypted data, data pointers, or transfer data. The shared ledger may be accessible by at least two parties to share particular device health data.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for an end to end control automation workflow using a distributed network. The data segregation layer may assimilate data from a variety of enterprise sources. A trust engine may validate the data from enterprise sources against enterprise security standards. The system may use a distributed network to validate the data from the various sources and populate a distributed hash table. The distributed network may be a Holochain® framework. The system may include an automation layer that uses robotic processing automation scripts to validate data against a system of record and flag exceptions. The automation layer may provide data to a user interface layer. The user interface may include an interactive dashboard for presenting a range of detailed reports.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to ensuring the integrity of data stored in a memory by using a watermark are described. An example method in a system including a processor and a memory may include receiving data for storage at an address in the memory. The method may further include after encoding the data with an error correction code to generate intermediate data having a first number of bits, reversibly altering the intermediate data with a watermark to generate watermarked data for storage in the memory, where the watermark is generated by applying a cryptographic function to a user key and the address, and where the watermarked data has a second number of bits equal to the first number of bits.

Abstract: Provided is a method for securing an item of device use information of a device, having the following steps: —determining the item of device use information; —generating transaction data depending on the item of device use information; —generating a blockchain data structure which is based on a cryptocurrency and includes the transaction data or a checksum of the transaction data; —sending the generated blockchain data structure to at least one blockchain node. The item of device use information of a device according to the described method is change-protected by a decentralized security structure. Thanks to the distributed blockchain database, the item of device use information of the device cannot be manipulated subsequently. The use of the decentralized blockchain technology also advantageously means that no central trusted point or party is necessary.

Abstract: A system and a method for securing and authenticating serialized data associated with a product across a supply chain is disclosed. In operation, the present invention provides for generating a Hash ID by associating serialised data and serialisation ID of the product with a blockchain platform. Further, a set of authentication rules are generated for validating access to the serialised data based on the Hash ID. Furthermore, a plurality of identifier elements are generated for integration with one or more levels of product packaging. Yet further, access to the serialized data across the supply chain is authorized on determination of the authenticity of the supply chain participants based on the identifier elements using a decryption technique and the set of authentication rules. A result representative of authentication success or failure is stored in the blockchain platform.

Abstract: A method for efficiently storing and verifying records is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving a first hash of first interaction data and determining an interaction identifier associated with the first hash, then storing the first hash in a database along with the interaction identifier and determining a root hash of a hash tree. In addition, the method may also comprise providing the root hash of the hash tree to a public blockchain. Embodiments of the invention also allow users to easily present records to a third party or inquiring entity. Furthermore, interactions may be processed more quickly than previous blockchain methods that publish to a block during each individual interaction.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing validation of data from the tracker devices. In embodiments, a method includes registering a tracker device with a device registry and issuing by an issuer the tracker device to a third party. Raw and signed data is collected from the tracker device is hashed and stored to enable later validation of the data.

Abstract: A distributed ledger management method performed by each of nodes 211 configuring a distributed ledger system, includes: holding, in an end block 102, signatures of respective organizations operating the respective nodes, hash values of respective groups of blocks into which a blockchain 215 is divided by a number of the operating organizations, information on organizations by which the group of blocks is to be held, and a verification frequency for the hash value between the organizations; specifying a group of blocks to be held by the organization; deleting a block other than the group of blocks in the blockchain 215; and performing a tamper verification of requesting a node 211 of another organization to transmit the hash value of the group of blocks to be held by the other organization at a verification frequency, and collating the hash value with the hash value included in the end block 102.

Abstract: A method including receiving a feature vector of an unknown sample, computing a MinHash of the unknown sample based on Jaccard-compatible features, querying a Locality Sensitive Hashing forest of known samples with the MinHash of the unknown sample to identify a first subset of known samples that are similar to the unknown sample, receiving for each individual known sample in the first subset, a feature vector including non-Jaccard distance-compatible features, computing a first sub-distance and a second sub-distance between the unknown sample and the known samples in the first subset, calculating a total distance for each known sample in the first subset by combining the first and the second sub-distances, identifying, based on the calculated total distances, a second subset of known samples that are most similar to the unknown sample, and classifying the unknown sample based on the second subset.

Abstract: Provided is a process including: generating a non-fungible token according to a non-fungible token standard; associating a virtual display of a physical object with the non-fungible token; associating object content associated with the physical object with the non-fungible token; and storing the non-fungible token at a first blockchain address of a first blockchain.

Abstract: A privileged node holds a secret key (SKEY), and normal nodes each hold a public key (PKEY). The normal nodes each include a transaction inputting unit that receives transaction data (TDATA), a transaction transmitting unit that transmits the TDATA, a transaction managing unit that manages a transaction history in a form of blockchain, and a block receiving unit that receives blocks from the privileged node. The privileged node includes a transaction receiving unit that receives TDATA from each of the normal nodes, a block generating unit that generates a signature value (SIG) on the basis of a SKEY, and generates a block containing TDATA and the SIG, and a block transmitting unit that transmits blocks. The transaction managing unit adds a block to the blockchain on condition that the authenticity of the SIG in the block is confirmed by using the PKEY.

Abstract: An identity management server can be used to provide identity-based authentication and access control mechanism for devices trying to connect to a network or other devices on the network. The identity management server may authenticate a user associated with a device based on the past behavior information of the user received from another device associated with the user. The identity management server may generate a trust score based on multiple attributes associated with the user and the device, and authenticate the user if the trust score is within an acceptable limit. The identity management server may also generate access permissions for the device, which can be used by a network device to grant or deny access to the network.

Abstract: A system and method for automated verification of a cybersecurity event includes identifying a cybersecurity event of a subscriber; automatically constructing a response-enabled verification communication based on one or more features of the cybersecurity event satisfying verification-initiating criteria of an automated verification-initiation workflow, and transmitting the response-enabled verification communication to the subscriber associated with the cybersecurity event, wherein the response-enabled verification communication includes: one or more pieces of event-descriptive content; a first selectable interface object that, when selected by the subscriber, automatically increases a threat severity level of the cybersecurity event; and a second selectable interface object that, when selected by the subscriber, automatically de-escalates the threat severity level of the cybersecurity event causing a disposal of the cybersecurity event; and automatically routing the cybersecurity event to one of a cybersecu

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor that generates a plurality of pieces of authority information for obtaining user information classified into a plurality of categories, in which the processor generates the authority information to correspond to each of a plurality of the categories.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for using a Merklized Adaptive Radix Forest (MARF), which is an authenticated index data structure that can be used by peers, clients, miners, and/or other participants in a blockchain network for efficiently encoding a cryptographic commitment to a blockchain state is described herein. For example, the MARF data structure can be used to represent a blockchain state as key-value pairs within an authenticated directory. The MARF data structure may include various merklized adaptive radix tries (ARTs) associated with different blocks in the blockchain, some of which may be linked together via one or more back-pointers.