SECURING INFORMATION WITHIN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
- receiving a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service;
encrypting the information at the central encryption service; and
communicating the encrypted information to a Cloud storage system from the central encryption service.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a solution for securing information within a Cloud computing environment. Specifically, an encryption service/gateway is provided to handle encryption/decryption of information for all users in the Cloud computing environment. Typically, the encryption service is implemented between Cloud portals and a storage Cloud. Through the use of a browser/portal plug-in (or the like), the configuration and processing of the security process is managed for the Cloud computing environment user by pointing all traffic for which security is desired to this encryption service so that it can perform encryption (or decryption in the case of document retrieval) as needed (e.g., on the fly) between the user and the Cloud.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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receiving a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypting the information at the central encryption service; and communicating the encrypted information to a Cloud storage system from the central encryption service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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a memory medium comprising instructions; a bus coupled to the memory medium; and a processor coupled to the bus that when executing the instructions causes the system to; receive a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypt the information at the central encryption service; and communicate the encrypted information to a Cloud storage system from the central encryption service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium containing a program product for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer to:
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receive a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypt the information at the central encryption service; and communicate the encrypted information to a Cloud storage system from the central encryption service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for deploying an application for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; receive a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypt the information at the central encryption service; and communicate the encrypted information to a Cloud storage system from the central encryption service.
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20. A method for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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receiving a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypting the information at the central encryption service; communicating the encrypted information to the endpoint from the central encryption service; and communicating the encrypted information from the endpoint to a Cloud storage system for storage. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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a memory medium comprising instructions; a bus coupled to the memory medium; and a processor coupled to the bus that when executing the instructions caused the system to; receive a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypt the information at the central encryption service; communicate the encrypted information to the endpoint from the central encryption service; and communicate the encrypted information from the endpoint to a Cloud storage system for storage. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable medium containing a program product for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer to:
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receive a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypt the information at the central encryption service; communicate the encrypted information to the endpoint from the central encryption service; and communicate the encrypted information from the endpoint to a Cloud storage system for storage.
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- 30. The computer readable medium containing a program product of claim 30, the endpoint, the central encryption service, and the Cloud storage system comprising at least three distinct systems
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33. A method for deploying an application for securing information within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; receive a communication containing information to be secured from an endpoint at a central encryption service; encrypt the information at the central encryption service; communicate the encrypted information to the endpoint from the central encryption service; and communicate the encrypted information from the endpoint to a Cloud storage system for storage.
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