Patent ID: 8806200

Claim:
A method for securing electronic data by encrypting the electronic data through symmetric key encryption, thereby creating a secured data file format for the encrypted electronic data, wherein the step of encrypting the electronic data through the symmetric key encryption comprises the following steps: creating a data file signature; adding a Gateway Header Block (GHB) which comprises information to communicate with a server and for computing a first key, wherein the information for computing the first key comprises at least one of IP address, name of the server, port numbers, protocols and other communication information; encrypting the GHB using a fixed key and a standard encryption algorithm; creating a file icon block and an open header block; creating a first data record block with a file policy and information for computing a second key; creating a second data record block with an adapter data and information for computing a third key; computing a third key; creating a first random data block and a file data block; creating a first encrypted block by encrypting the file data block with the third key and a standard encryption algorithm; creating a second random data block; creating the second encrypted block by encrypting the second data record block, first random data block, first encrypted block and the second random data block, with the second key and the standard encryption algorithm; and creating the third encrypted block by encrypting the first data record block and the second encrypted block with the first key and the standard encryption algorithm.