Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN KIRK NIELSON

BENJAMIN KIRK NIELSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MULTI-INDEPENDENT LEVEL SECURITY FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240380738
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a MILS HPC, data storage system (DSS) system architecture that incorporates a multi-crypto module (MCM) to provide end-to-end multi-independent level security (MILS) protection. Configuration of each MCM enables a high performance computing (HPC) resource to compute different security domains with the associated security level keys from a key/node manager. The HPC resource can be dynamically re-allocated to different security level domain(s) by the key/node manager. In one embodiment, the DSS stores encrypted data regardless of the domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: SECTURION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: RICHARD J. TAKAHASHI, TIMOTHY PAUL ABEL, BENJAMIN KIRK NIELSON
  • DATA SECURITY FOR PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUMS
    Publication number: 20240241955
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to securely transmitting data between a portable storage or other medium and a data storage system. In one approach, a portable storage medium drive reads data from a portable storage medium, and a password key decryption unit automatically decrypts the data using a password key in response to having obtained the password key. A storage key encryption unit automatically encrypts the first password key decrypted data using a storage key in response to an availability of the password key decrypted data. A storage interface automatically transmits the storage key encrypted data to the data storage system in response to an availability of the storage key encrypted data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Secturion Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: RICHARD J. TAKAHASHI, BENJAMIN KIRK NIELSON
  • Multi-independent level security for high performance computing and data storage systems
    Patent number: 11968187
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a MILS HPC, data storage system (DSS) system architecture that incorporates a multi-crypto module (MCM) to provide end-to-end multi-independent level security (MILS) protection. Configuration of each MCM enables a high performance computing (HPC) resource to compute different security domains with the associated security level keys from a key/node manager. The HPC resource can be dynamically re-allocated to different security level domain(s) by the key/node manager. In one embodiment, the DSS stores encrypted data regardless of the domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SECTURION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard J. Takahashi, Timothy Paul Abel, Benjamin Kirk Nielson
  • MULTI-INDEPENDENT LEVEL SECURITY FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220286439
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a MILS HPC, data storage system (DSS) system architecture that incorporates a multi-crypto module (MCM) to provide end-to-end multi-independent level security (MILS) protection. Configuration of each MCM enables a high performance computing (HPC) resource to compute different security domains with the associated security level keys from a key/node manager. The HPC resource can be dynamically re-allocated to different security level domain(s) by the key/node manager. In one embodiment, the DSS stores encrypted data regardless of the domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Secturion Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: RICHARD J. TAKAHASHI, TIMOTHY PAUL ABEL, BENJAMIN KIRK NIELSON