ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,958, issued on Nov. 11.
"Zero trust data-centric file system" was invented by Dennis Paul Ackerman (Chesapeake, Va.) and Stephen Francis Taylor (Virginia Beach, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Securing a file in a computer network includes processing a file system request that identifies a user entity, a file entity, and a file-directed action. Responding to the request with an indication of permission to reveal a portion of the file system, an indication of permission to reveal at least a portion of the file, and an indication of permission to perform the file-directed action. The response being based on access and use constraint...