Encryption key management for an automated workflow
View Patent ↗Media, system, and method for providing encryption key management to an automated workflow within a group-based communication system. The automated workflow is encrypted using an organization-specific encryption key and is stored in a data store. Responsive to a triggering event, the encrypted workflow is retrieved from the data store to be decrypted and a corresponding decryption key is retrieved from a key store. The decrypted workflow performs a series of steps responsive to determining that a trigger condition has been met. The steps may be associated with at least one of sending a form and sending a message to a user within the group-based communication system.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for providing encryption key management to an automated workflow within a group-based communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
responsive to determining that a trigger condition associated with the automated workflow has been satisfied, retrieving an organization-specific decryption key from a key server;
retrieving, from a data store, an encrypted workflow associated with the automated workflow;
automatically decrypting the encrypted workflow using the organization-specific decryption key to obtain a decrypted automated workflow,
wherein the group-based communication system comprises a plurality of group-based communication channels allowing channel members of each respective group-based communication channel to view and transmit communications;
automatically initiating the decrypted automated workflow to perform at least one interaction with a user within one of the plurality of group-based communication channels,
wherein the at least one interaction with the user includes at least one of creating a form to be completed by the user and sending a message to the user;
receiving user input associated with the automated workflow;
generating a workflow response based on the user input;
encrypting, using an organization-specific encryption key, the workflow response; and
storing the encrypted workflow response in the data store;
re-encrypting the decrypted automated workflow to produce a re-encrypted automated workflow, and storing the re-encrypted automated workflow in the data store.
2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the trigger condition is based on at least one of a user selection, an addition of a new user, a user reaction, a predefined time-based trigger, and information from an external source.
3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the automated workflow is created by a workflow creator from a set of workflow templates.
4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the at least one interaction with the user is configured by a workflow creator via the group-based communication system.
5. The media of claim 1 , wherein the trigger condition is based on a user selection.
6. The media of claim 1 , wherein the at least one interaction with the user comprises periodically generating a reminder for the user.
7. The media of claim 1 , wherein the automated workflow comprises metadata that is not encrypted.
8. An encryption key management system for providing encryption key management to an automated workflow within a group-based communication system comprising:
a data store;
a key server; and
a processor programmed to perform a method for providing encryption key management to the automated workflow within the group-based communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
responsive to determining that a trigger condition associated with the automated workflow has been satisfied, retrieving an organization-specific decryption key from the key server;
retrieving, from the data store, an encrypted workflow associated with the automated workflow;
automatically decrypting the encrypted workflow using the organization-specific decryption key to obtain a decrypted automated workflow,
wherein the group-based communication system comprises a plurality of group-based communication channels allowing channel members of each respective group-based communication channel to view and transmit communications;
automatically initiating the decrypted automated workflow to perform at least one interaction with a user,
wherein the at least one interaction with the user includes at least one of creating a form to be completed by the user and sending a message to the user;
receiving user input associated with the automated workflow;
generating a workflow response based on the user input;
encrypting, using an organization-specific encryption key, the workflow response; and
storing the encrypted workflow response in the data store;
re-encrypting the decrypted automated workflow to produce a re-encrypted automated workflow, and storing the re-encrypted automated workflow in the data store.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the automated workflow is created by a workflow creator from a set of workflow templates.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one interaction with the user is configured by a workflow creator via the group-based communication system.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the group-based communication system comprises at least one shared channel between a first organization and a second organization.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the message sent to the user comprises a reminder.
13. A method for providing encryption key management to an automated workflow within a group-based communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
responsive to determining that a trigger condition associated with the automated workflow has been satisfied, retrieving an organization-specific decryption key from the key server;
retrieving, from a data store, an encrypted workflow associated with the automated workflow;
automatically decrypting the encrypted workflow using the organization-specific decryption key to obtain a decrypted automated workflow,
wherein the group-based communication system comprises a plurality of group-based communication channels allowing channel members of each respective group-based communication channel to view and transmit communications;
automatically initiating the decrypted automated workflow to perform at least one interaction with a user,
wherein the at least one interaction with the user includes at least one of creating a form to be completed by the user and sending a message to the user;
receiving user input associated with the automated workflow;
generating a workflow response based on the user input;
encrypting, using an organization-specific encryption key, the workflow response; and
storing the encrypted workflow response in the data store;
re-encrypting the decrypted automated workflow to produce a re-encrypted automated workflow, and storing the re-encrypted automated workflow in the data store.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one user interaction further includes sending the message to a plurality of users.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of decrypting the workflow response using the organization-specific decryption key.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of periodically replacing the organization-specific encryption key with a new organization-specific encryption key.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the organization-specific encryption key is the same as the organization-specific decryption key.
18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of publishing the automated workflow to be reusable upon receiving a publish input from the user.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the automated workflow is created by a workflow creator from a set of workflow templates.