Abstract: Provided is a system and method to authenticate multiple users in order to secure sensitive cloud assets. The system comprises a user device, a service provider, and an identify provider. The service provider provides services for producing and consuming data. The identify provider authenticates and authorizes multiple authorizors for providing user access to the resources and data. A device app communicates with the service provider and identify provider. The device app polls votes and determines when a quorum approval for utilizing data is met within a constraint. It authorizes the user temporary access to the data for use by one of the services upon quorum approval, and enforces temporal and physical conditions on it. The access can be granted via a push action or a pull notification. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a system, method and API that provides HSM customers with an ability to request different levels of service for any cryptographic workload. It provides the customer with an API that by way of a Class of Service (CoS) attribute signals a higher class/level of service at the application level, such as a faster response time, for example, certain time-sensitive or high priority requests, that are not currently available in HSM deployments. The CoS attribute resides at the application level and provides developers of crypto API client application to prioritize crypto transaction performance.

Abstract: Provided is a method for a Hardware Security Module (HSM) appliance to provide cryptographic services to multiple clients via cryptographic service requests and responses transmitted over a secure communication channel there between. The method comprises the steps of providing a traffic control feature for communications over said secure communication channel by way of a Linux Kernel, and leveling cryptographic service and balancing a workload of cryptographic transactions on the HSM appliance for the multiple clients submitting said requests and receiving said responses by way of a Traffic Control Agent (TCA), thereby distributing a fair, proportional share of resources on the HSM appliance needed for servicing the cryptographic services to multiple clients irrespective of thread count per client. Other embodiments disclosed, including a dynamic intelligent TCA.

Abstract: Provided is a method for a Hardware Security Module (HSM) appliance to provide cryptographic services to multiple clients via cryptographic service requests and responses transmitted over a secure communication channel there between. The method comprises the steps of providing a traffic control feature for communications over said secure communication channel by way of a Linux Kernel, and leveling cryptographic service and balancing a workload of cryptographic transactions on the HSM appliance for the multiple clients submitting said requests and receiving said responses by way of a Traffic Control Agent (TCA), thereby distributing a fair, proportional share of resources on the HSM appliance needed for servicing the cryptographic services to multiple clients irrespective of thread count per client. Other embodiments disclosed, including a dynamic intelligent TCA.

Abstract: Provided is a system, method and API that provides HSM customers with an ability to request different levels of service for any cryptographic workload. It provides the customer with an API that by way of a Class of Service (CoS) attribute signals a higher class/level of service at the application level, such as a faster response time, for example, certain time-sensitive or high priority requests, that are not currently available in HSM deployments. The CoS attribute resides at the application level and provides developers of crypto API client application to prioritize crypto transaction performance.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method to authenticate multiple users in order to secure sensitive cloud assets. The system comprises a user device, a service provider, and an identify provider. The service provider provides services for producing and consuming data. The identify provider authenticates and authorizes multiple authorizors for providing user access to the resources and data. A device app communicates with the service provider and identify provider. The device app polls votes and determines when a quorum approval for utilizing data is met within a constraint. It authorizes the user temporary access to the data for use by one of the services upon quorum approval, and enforces temporal and physical conditions on it. The access can be granted via a push action or a pull notification. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a tailgate and a hinge assembly. The tailgate is rotatable relative to the vehicle body between a closed position and an open position. The hinge assembly rotatably coupling the tailgate to the vehicle body. The hinge assembly includes a bracket, a hinge pin and a retention ring. The bracket is attached to a respective one of a plurality of side walls of the vehicle body. The hinge pin is rotatably fixed to a respective end of the tailgate and is removably connected to the bracket. The retention ring is rotatably coupled to the bracket between a locked state in which the hinge pin is prevented from being disconnected from the bracket and an unlocked state in which the hinge pin is permitted to be disconnected from the bracket.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a tailgate and a hinge assembly. The tailgate is rotatable relative to the vehicle body between a closed position and an open position. The hinge assembly rotatably coupling the tailgate to the vehicle body. The hinge assembly includes a bracket, a hinge pin and a retention ring. The bracket is attached to a respective one of a plurality of side walls of the vehicle body. The hinge pin is rotatably fixed to a respective end of the tailgate and is removably connected to the bracket. The retention ring is rotatably coupled to the bracket between a locked state in which the hinge pin is prevented from being disconnected from the bracket and an unlocked state in which the hinge pin is permitted to be disconnected from the bracket.

Abstract: A system and method of forming an authenticatable integrated circuit comprising altering a material property of a semiconductor layer of the integrated circuit such that the semiconductor layer has physically unclonable functions (PUFs). The semiconductor layer may be subjected to ion implantation to form amorphous regions including the PUFs. The PUFs emit an electromagnetic signature having frequencies in the terahertz range when the PUFs are stimulated or interrogated by an authentication apparatus. The electromagnetic signature corresponds to identifying information of the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit can thus be authenticated without altering the electronic elements of the circuit and without the presence of discernable or discoverable identifying features.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic sampling and dilution apparatus for use in a polymer analysis system. The apparatus comprises (a) a primary mixing chamber; (b) a primary pump capable of continuously withdrawing a variable viscosity liquid from a reactor at a selectable, fixed withdrawal rate over a varying viscosity range of about 50 to about 5,000,000 centipoise (cP) for continuously conveying the variable viscosity polymer-containing liquid into the primary mixing chamber; (c) a first dilution pump for continuously delivering a first dilution solvent into the primary mixing chamber at a selectable, fixed flow rate to mix with the variable viscosity liquid in the mixing chamber and thereby form a diluted polymer-containing liquid therein; and (d) a secondary pump for continuously conveying the diluted polymer-containing liquid into a flow-through detector. A polymer analysis system utilizing the automatic sampling and dilution apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A secure card such as a credit card having a magnetic strip thereon is disclosed. The magnetic strip is coated with a thin amorphous layer having electrical characteristics and a processor. In a first state, the amorphous layer acts to interfere with reading of information from the magnetic strip. Identification of a user of the card as an authorized user thereof results in a second state in which the information stored in the magnetic strip is accessible. For example, biometric identification or the use of a PIN entered either directly into the card or through an input terminal cause the processor to switch power from the amorphous strip thereby removing the interference and unmasking the information on the magnetic strip.