ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,246, issued on Dec. 16.

"Zero trust system and method for securing data" was invented by Dana Zircher (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally, systems and methods for securely establishing data transfer, storage, and execution are presented. The system may comprise a computing device that comprises at least one programmable integrated circuit. The programmable integrated circuit may comprise multiple independently loadable partitioned segments. A first partitioned segment of the programmable integrated circuit may comprise one or more factory-installed secrets in the form of data, wherein the factory-installed secrets m...