SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DATA PROTECTION

1 . A method comprising, by an authentication server:

receiving, from a recipient computer system, recipient metadata comprising recipient information from the recipient computing system and a recipient network address;

authenticating access, by the recipient computer system, to the encrypted payload, wherein authenticating access uses the recipient metadata; and

sending, to the recipient computer system, a response after authenticating the recipient computer system, wherein the recipient computer system decrypts the encrypted payload to access the payload in response to receiving the response.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a sender computer system, sender metadata comprising sender information from the sender computing system, wherein the sender information comprises a sender hardware fingerprint of the sender computer system.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipient information comprises a recipient hardware fingerprint of the recipient computer system.

4 . A system comprising:

a recipient computing system;

an authentication server communicatively coupled to the recipient computing system; and

a sender computing system communicatively coupled to the authentication server and comprising a sender application configured for:

encrypting, by the sender computer system, a payload with a symmetric key to generate an encrypted payload;

sending, from the sender computer system to a recipient computer system, the encrypted payload; and

sending, from the recipient computer system to the authentication server, recipient metadata comprising recipient information from the recipient computing system and a recipient network address,

wherein the authentication server comprises a server application configured for:

authenticating access, by the recipient computer system, to the encrypted payload, wherein authenticating access uses the recipient metadata; and

sending, from the authentication server to the recipient computer system, a response after authenticating the recipient computer system; and

wherein the recipient computing system comprises a recipient application configured for:

decrypting, by the recipient computer system, the encrypted payload to access the payload in response to receiving the response.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the application is further configured for:

sending, from a sender computer system to an authentication server, sender metadata comprising sender information from the sender computing system, wherein the sender information comprises a sender hardware fingerprint of the sender computer system.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein recipient information comprises a recipient hardware fingerprint of the recipient computer system.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured to execute on a processor, the instructions comprising functionality to perform:

receiving, from a recipient computer system, recipient metadata comprising recipient information from the recipient computing system and a recipient network address;

authenticating access, by the recipient computer system, to the encrypted payload, wherein authenticating access uses the recipient metadata; and

sending, to the recipient computer system, a response after authenticating the recipient computer system, wherein the recipient computer system decrypts the encrypted payload to access the payload in response to receiving the response.

8 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, from a sender computer system, sender metadata comprising sender information from the sender computing system, wherein the sender information comprises a sender hardware fingerprint of the sender computer system.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the recipient information comprises a recipient hardware fingerprint of the recipient computer system.