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Secure processing in multi-tenant cloud infrastructure

  • US 8,719,590 B1
  • Filed: 06/18/2012
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed in cloud infrastructure of an information processing system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a processing job from a tenant;

    obtaining a first key specific to the tenant;

    determining a second key utilizing information supplied by the tenant; and

    encrypting one or more results of the processing job utilizing a combination of the first key and the second key;

    wherein at least a portion of the second key is determined by at least one application that is run on at least one virtual machine of the cloud infrastructure in conjunction with performance of the processing job; and

    wherein the second key is at least partially hidden within said at least one application.

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