Patent ID: 8281141
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring and analyzing degree of trust and information assurance attributes information in a data providence architecture workflow, comprising: receiving a message having a data provenance wrapper, the message including one or more attachments and the data provenance wrapper containing a data provenance record with data provenance information for the message and the one or more attachments; examining each data provenance record of the message and the one or more attachments for discrepancies, the examining of each data provenance record of the message and the one or more attachments including: verifying signatures of senders of the message and the one or more attachments; calculating a hash value for the message and the one or more attachments; verifying that the hash value for the message and the one or more attachments matches values in the data provenance record for the message and the one or more attachments; verifying a timestamp of the message and the one or more attachments; and verifying information assurance attributes of the message and the one or more attachments, the information assurance attributes being at least one of authenticity, confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, and availability; identifying discrepancies in the examining of each data provenance record of the message and the one or more attachments; calculating a degree of trust based security attributes of the contents of the message, including a plurality of confidentiality, authenticity, integrity and non-repudiation, message identification information included in the message, the data provenance record and the discrepancies identified in the examining of each data provenance record of the message and the one or more attachments by a computing device; and presenting the degree of trust and information assurance attributes information to a user on a display.