Patent ID: 11924344
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
data processing hardware; and
memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
receiving an access request requesting access to data, the access request comprising credentials associated with a requestor of the access request and a justification justifying access to the data;
validating a data structure of the justification;
after validating the data structure of the justification, transmitting, to an external key management service engine, the justification and the credentials;
receiving, from the external key management service engine, an access token indicating that:
the justification comprises an approved justification approved by the external key management service engine; and
the credentials comprise approved credentials approved by the external key management service engine; and
accessing, using the access token received from the external key management service engine, the data.