Patent ID: 8739267

Claim:
A method comprising: communicating between a secure information storage device, among a plurality of secure information storage devices, and at least one third party with which said information is exchanged, an entity carrying out management of the plurality of secure information storage devices, wherein communicating comprises the following steps: the entity places directly, in a secure container included in said secure information storage device and specific to a given third party, an authorization of communication between the secure container and said given third party; the entity sends the given third party (a) an identifier of the secure information storage device, (b) an address of the secure information storage device within a communications network, (c) an identifier of the secure container and (d) said authorization of communication; the given third party attempts to set up communications with the secure container in using only the following elements: (a) the address of the secure information storage device, (b) the identifier of the secure information storage device, (c) the identifier of the secure container and (d) the authorization of communication; and before accepting communications between the given third party and the secure container, the secure information storage device checks that the authorization of communication transmitted by the third party is acceptable in the light of the authorization of communication previously placed by the entity in the secure container.