Patent ID: 8484263

Claim:
A method for securing data in a network using a data splitter device, the data including a data message, the data message having a first bit length, the method comprising: generating a random number using the data splitter device; creating a hash value using the random number and the data message, the hash value having a bit length less than the first bit length; passing the hash value through a pseudo random number generator to create, using the data splitter device, a first pseudo random number based at least in part on the random number and the first bit length of the data message, the first pseudo random number having a bit length equal to the first bit length; mixing, using the data splitter device, the first pseudo random number with the data message to create an encrypted message; transforming, using the data splitter device, the encrypted message into a second pseudo random number; mixing, using the data splitter device, the second pseudo random number with the random number to produce a key; placing, using the data splitter device, the encrypted message side-by-side with the key to produce an output message; dispersing the output message to a plurality of fragments; and storing the plurality of fragments in a plurality of data storage devices.