Method and system for ensuring compliance in public clouds using fine-grained data ownership based encryption
US8566578B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for ensuring compliance in public clouds using fine-grained encryption based on data ownership that includes a process for ensuring compliance in public clouds using fine-grained encryption based on data ownership that is implemented, at least in part, at a gateway computing system through which data passes from the enterprise, and/or one or more end users, prior to being sent to the public cloud. In one embodiment, the data is classified, the ownership of the data is determined, the associated encryption keys are obtained, and the data is encrypted, automatically at the gateway computing system before the data is transferred to the public cloud, and in a manner that is transparent to end-users.
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