WORKGROUP KEY WRAPPING FOR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST MEMBERSHIP AUTHENTICATION

摘要

Methods and systems for managing a community of interest are disclosed. One method includes creating a workgroup key associated with a community of interest, and protecting one or more resources associated with the community of interest using the workgroup key. The method also includes encrypting the workgroup key using a public key associated with an administrator of the community of interest, the public key included with a private key in a public/private key pair associated with the administrator. The method further includes storing the encrypted workgroup key and associating the workgroup key with a user, thereby adding the user to the community of interest.