Patent ID: 9537898
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: registering a first application with a first security information technology element (ITE), the first security ITE comprising a secure computing device located within a protection envelope and configured to provide security services for one or more applications; creating an application profile corresponding to the registered application and specifying an industry type of the registered application, the industry type associated with one or more security requirements for the registered application; receiving, at the first security ITE and over a secure communications link, a request from the registered application specifying a first data item; determining, based on the industry type, one or more security operations to perform on the first data item, wherein the one or more security operations are adapted to satisfy the one or more security requirements for the registered application; performing the one or more security operations on the first data item in accordance with the application profile, thereby producing a modified first data item; and returning, over the secure communications link, the modified first data item to the registered application.