| 摘要 |
A system and method for secure data storage, exchange and/or sharing through a protected central storage facility (12), containing at least one "network vault" (28) to which access is controlled through a single data access channel, for example through a network (20) from a remote location (24). The network vault is similar to a physical safe, in that substantially any type of information can be stored in the network vault, regardless of the format or type of information, and in that the user need only place the information inside the network vault for the information to be secured. The present invention is operable by the average computer user, such that each individual is able to control access to his or her own data, thus avoiding the requirement of a centralized system administrato r. The high degree of security and simplicity of operation by the user is provided through a number of features, including the single data access channel access to the data. This feature is not available among security systems known in the art, which rely upon filtering mechanism s and operate according to a multiplicity of declarations, such that the provided security is only as complete and robust as the declarations.
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