Patent ID: 8325926
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F,G08B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing security to a facility, comprising: grouping a plurality of security components associated with physical assets of a facility into a cluster that binds the plurality of components into a secure configuration for the protection of the physical assets; generating a message, wherein the message includes an encrypted message text, a key management block (KMB), and an encrypted title key (ETk); transmitting the encrypted message text, the KMB and the ETk from a first component of the plurality of security components to a second component of the plurality of security components, wherein the transmitting of the encrypted message text, the KMB and the ETk is via a wireless protocol based upon xCP broadcast encryption; decrypting the encrypted message text using the KMB and the ETk to produce a decrypted message, the decrypting the encrypted message text, comprising: executing a command transmitted in the decrypted message on the second component.