Personal security device and method

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method of providing a security functionality on a computing product, a dedicated security device for cooperating with an IT security application on the computing product and a computing device functioning as a dedicated device proxy.

Abstract: A method of providing a security functionality on a computing product, a dedicated security device for cooperating with an IT security application on a computing product, and a computing device functioning as a dedicated security device proxy. The method comprises the steps of: initializing a first security module on a dedicated security device, the initialized first security module comprising a first security element such as a first set of one or more cryptographic keys and a first verification element such as a first password; generating and storing a second security module on the security device, the second security module comprising a second security element such as a second set of one or more cryptographic keys and a second verification element such as a second password; providing a first IT security application for a first computing product, wherein the first IT security application requires the first or second security elements to operate; coupling the security device to the first computing product for enabling data communication between the first or second security modules and the first IT security application; and providing the first or second security elements to the first IT security application subject to verifying a user input using the first or second verification elements respectively.