Methods for Using Biometric Authentication Methods for Securing Files and for Providing Secure Access to Such Files by Originators and/or Authorized Others

Embodiments are directed to apparatus, methods and systems for locking data or program files and for allowing access to such files only by individuals given authorization and wherein the identity of locking or accessing individuals is provided by comparison of collected inertial information associated with providing a signature with information stored about the particular individuals. In a first embodiment two primary components work together to provide collection of inertial data (and potentially other data) and then comparing of the collected data to stored data to provide an authentication or identification assessment. The first of these components is a SigzaPen device for acquiring data while the second is a remote Signature Processing Center (SPC) wherein these two components are capable of communicating directly or indirectly with each other.