ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,425, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Snowflake Inc. (Bozeman, Mont.).
"Secure database environment with third-party verification" was invented by Samartha Chandrashekar (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for creating a secure database execution environment. The system generates, by a database system executing on a secure enclave, attestation information. The system transmits the attestation information to a remote entity. The system obtains, by the database system executing on the secure enclave, one or more encryption keys in response to the remote entity authenticating the attestatio...