Bank of America Corporation
Information security using blockchains

Abstract:

A network device that includes a memory operable to store a set of anonymization rules and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an information security engine implemented by a processor. The information security engine is configured to receive data from one or more user devices and to store the data in the private blockchain. The information security engine is further configured to determine a data classification type for the data, to determine to anonymize the data based on the data classification type, to anonymize the data in accordance with the set of anonymization rules, and to store the anonymized data in the semi-private blockchain.