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

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method when executed by data processing hardware causes 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, the justification and the credentials;
receiving, from the external key management service, an access token indicating that:
the justification comprises an approved justification approved by the external key management service; and
the credentials comprise approved credentials approved by the external key management service; and
accessing, using the access token received from the external key management service, the data.