Management of encrypted data storage
US9864874B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage management process is directed to aspects of managing encrypted data via data storage volumes in conjunction with a service provider computer network that hosts virtual machine instances. A volume can be created and configured for managing encrypted data with an encrypted version of a volume key. The volume can be attached to a virtual machine instance such that the virtual machine instance accesses the volume in a transparent fashion based on the volume key. Encrypted data specific to the volume can be copied across multiple regions of data storage each associated with distinct encrypted versions of a volume key corresponding to the volume.
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