Patent ID: 7251828

Claim:
A method of restoring data of a key-server in communication with a communication network comprising: providing the key-server for storing secure electronic keys, the key-server in communication with the communication network; providing to at least a computer in communication with the communication network, a plurality of portable data storage devices each having stored thereon secure electronic key data relating to a single authorized user; and, copying from each of the plurality of portable data storage devices for storage in the key-server, secure electronic key data relating to the single authorized user, wherein secure electronic key data specific to each of the plurality of authorized users of the communication network is stored on a separate portable data storage device assigned uniquely to respective authorized users, wherein the secure electronic key data of the key-server is partially stored within each portable data storage device and wherein all data within the plurality of portable data storage devices is sufficient to restore security data to the key-server in the event of a data loss thereto.