Information level agreements for enterprise cloud data
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a broker interfacing at least one cloud service provider and client system associated with a user, data being submitted to or received from the at least one cloud service provider;
analyzing, by the broker, the content of the data to determine whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider;
assigning, by the broker and based on the analyzing, a classification to the data, the classification indicating whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider;
determining, by the broker and based on the assigned classification, whether to transmit the data for submission to the cloud service provider or transmit the data to the client system, the data further classified in accordance with a cloud service provider type; and
forwarding, by the broker and based on the determining, the data to the at least one cloud service provider or to the client system, wherein the broker comprises at least one processor.
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Abstract
In some example implementations, a method may include receiving, at a broker, authorization to access at least one cloud service provider; receiving, at the broker, a message representative of at least one of a submission of data to or a request for data from the at least one cloud service provider; determining, by the broker based on a classification of the data, whether to authorize the at least one of the submission of data to or the request for data from the at least one cloud service provider; and forwarding, by the broker based on the determining, the at least one of the submission of data to or the request for data from the at least one cloud service provider, wherein the receiving authorization, the receiving the message, the determining, and the forwarding are implemented by at least one processor. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also provided.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a broker interfacing at least one cloud service provider and client system associated with a user, data being submitted to or received from the at least one cloud service provider; analyzing, by the broker, the content of the data to determine whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider; assigning, by the broker and based on the analyzing, a classification to the data, the classification indicating whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider; determining, by the broker and based on the assigned classification, whether to transmit the data for submission to the cloud service provider or transmit the data to the client system, the data further classified in accordance with a cloud service provider type; and forwarding, by the broker and based on the determining, the data to the at least one cloud service provider or to the client system, wherein the broker comprises at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer code, which when executed by at least one processor provides operations comprising:
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receiving, at a broker interfacing at least one cloud service provider and a client system associated with a user, data being submitted to or received from the at least one cloud service provider; analyzing, by the broker, the content of the data to determine whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider; assigning, by the broker and based on the analyzing, a classification to the data, the classification indicating whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider; determining, by the broker and based on the assigned classification, whether to transmit the data for submission to the cloud service provider or transmit the data to the client system, the data further classified in accordance with a cloud service provider type; and forwarding, by the broker and based on the determining, the data to the at least one cloud service provider or to the client system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer code, which when executed by the at least one processor provides operations comprising; receiving, at a broker interfacing at least one cloud service provider and a client system associated with a user, data being submitted to or received from the at least one cloud service provider; analyzing, by the broker, the content of the data to determine whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider; assigning, by the broker and based on the analyzing, a classification to the data, the classification indicating whether the data is authorized to be submitted, by the client system, to the at least one cloud service provider, or to be received, by the client system, from the at least one cloud service provider; determining, by the broker and based on the assigned classification, whether to transmit the data for submission to the cloud service provider or transmit the data to the client system, the data further classified in accordance with a cloud service provider type; and forwarding, by the broker and based on the determining, the data to the at least one cloud service provider or to the client system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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