Secure file transfer
View Patent ↗The present disclosure describes techniques for storing encrypted files in a secure file repository and transferring those encrypted files to one or more recipients. A user selects a file to upload to a secure file repository. A secure collaboration app on the user's device generates a first encryption key that is used to encrypt the file. The encrypted file is then uploaded to the secure file repository, which provides the secure collaboration app with a random file name and a location of the encrypted file. The secure collaboration app updates locally stored metadata of the first encrypted file. To securely transfer the file, the user generates a second encryption key, encrypts the metadata with the second encryption key, and transmits the encrypted metadata to one or more receivers. The one or more receivers decrypt the encrypted metadata and use the decrypted metadata to retrieve the file and decrypt it.
1. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
obtain on a first device, a first file to upload to a secure file repository;
generate, by the first device, a first encryption key, wherein the first encryption key is generated at least in part by obtaining ephemeral environmental noise from a kernel operation executing on the first device;
generate, by the first device, a random file name for the first file, wherein the random file name is a universally unique identifier;
encrypt, at the first device, the first file via an encryption algorithm using the first encryption key;
assign, at the first device, the generated random file name to the first encrypted file; and
upload, from the first device, the first encrypted file to the secure file repository; and
a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the secure file repository is a third-party file repository.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the secure file repository is part of a security platform.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
update metadata associated with the first encrypted file, including at least one of the first encryption key, a location of the first encrypted file, and the random file name.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
store the updated metadata associated with the first encrypted file in a secure database in the memory of the first device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
retrieve, by the first device, the first encrypted file from the secure file repository; and
decrypt, by the first device, the first encrypted file using the first encryption key.
7. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a first device, a first file to upload to a secure file repository;
generating, by the first device, a first encryption key, wherein the first encryption key is generated at least in part by obtaining ephemeral environmental noise from a kernel operation executing on the first device;
generating, by the first device, a random file name for the first file, wherein the random file name is a universally unique identifier;
encrypting, by the first device, the first file via an encryption algorithm using the first encryption key;
assigning, by the first device, the generated random file name to the first encrypted file; and
uploading, from the first device, the first encrypted file to the secure file repository.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the secure file repository is a third-party file repository.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the secure file repository is part of a security platform.
10. The method of claim 7 , comprising:
updating, by the first device, metadata associated with the first encrypted file, including at least one of the first encryption key, a location of the first encrypted file, and the random file name.
11. The method of claim 10 , comprising:
storing, at the first device, the updated metadata associated with the first encrypted file in a secure database in the memory of the first device.
12. The method of claim 7 , comprising:
retrieving, by the first device, the first encrypted file from the secure file repository; and
decrypting, by the first device, the first encrypted file using the first encryption key.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform the steps of:
obtaining a first file to upload to a secure file repository;
generating a first encryption key, wherein the first encryption key is generated at least in part by obtaining ephemeral environmental noise from a kernel operation executing on a first device;
generating a random file name for the first file, wherein the random file name is a universally unique identifier;
encrypting the first file via an encryption algorithm using the first encryption key;
assigning the generated random file name to the first encrypted file; and
uploading the first encrypted file to the secure file repository.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the secure file repository is a third-party file repository.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the secure file repository is part of a security platform.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , comprising instructions for:
updating metadata associated with the first encrypted file, including at least one of the first encryption key, the location of the first encrypted file, and the random file name.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions for:
storing the updated metadata associated with the first encrypted file in a secure database in the memory of the first device.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , comprising instructions for:
retrieving the first encrypted file from the secure file repository; and
decrypting the first encrypted file using the first encryption key.