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Security infrastructure for cloud services

  • US 8,972,725 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • storing, by a cloud infrastructure system, a subscription order related to one or more services subscribed to by a customer, the one or more services provided by the cloud infrastructure system, the cloud infrastructure system comprising one or more computing devices;

    receiving, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer information between a first component and a second component in the cloud infrastructure system , the first component and the second component executed by the one or more computing devices;

    determining, by a computing device of the one or more computing devices, a first security zone for the first component and a second security zone for the second component;

    determining, by a computing device of the one or more computing devices, a first security level associated with the first security zone and a second security level associated with the second security zone;

    determining, by a computing device of the one or more computing devices, a way to transfer the information between the first component and the second component based upon security rules information, wherein the security rules information specifies one or more rules related to the transfer of the information between the first security level and the second security level; and

    determining that the transfer of the information from the first component to the second component is to be performed by pushing the information from the first component to the second component if the second security level associated with the second component is same as or lower than the first security level associated with the first component.

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