Apparatus and Method for Protecting Storage Data of a Computing Apparatus in an Enterprise Network System
First Claim
1. A storage data protector of a computing apparatus within an enterprise network system, comprising:
- data transfer intercepting means, for intercepting data transferred between an application in the computing apparatus and a storage;
confidential data determining means, for determining whether the data intercepted by the data transfer intercepting means is confidential data;
key obtaining means, for obtaining a key automatically generated for the confidential data; and
encrypting/decrypting means, for encrypting/decrypting the confidential data with the key obtained by the key obtaining means.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to data security, in particular relates to data protection for storage data, and more particularly relates to encrypting and decrypting process to data on a removable non-volatile storage in an enterprise network. There is provided an apparatus and a method for protecting storage data of a computing apparatus within an enterprise network system, the method comprising: intercepting data transferred between an application of the computing apparatus and a storage; determining whether the data intercepted at the data transfer interception step is confidential data; obtaining a key automatically generated for the confidential data; and encrypting and decrypting the confidential data with the obtained key.
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1. A storage data protector of a computing apparatus within an enterprise network system, comprising:
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data transfer intercepting means, for intercepting data transferred between an application in the computing apparatus and a storage; confidential data determining means, for determining whether the data intercepted by the data transfer intercepting means is confidential data; key obtaining means, for obtaining a key automatically generated for the confidential data; and encrypting/decrypting means, for encrypting/decrypting the confidential data with the key obtained by the key obtaining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for protecting storage data of a computing apparatus within an enterprise network system, comprising:
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intercepting data transferred between an application in the computing apparatus and a storage; determining whether the intercepted data is confidential data; obtaining a key automatically generated for the confidential data; and carrying out at least one of encrypting and decrypting of the confidential data with the obtained key. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for protecting storage data in a computing apparatus within an enterprise network system, comprising:
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a computer apparatus comprising a storage data protector; and a storage data security server, coupled to said computer apparatus, for generating and saving a key for confidential data, responsive to a request from the computing apparatus; wherein said storage data protector in turn comprises; data transfer intercepting means, for intercepting data transferred between an application in the computing apparatus and a storage; confidential data determining means, for determining whether the data intercepted by the data transfer intercepting means is confidential data; key obtaining means, for obtaining a key automatically generated for the confidential data; and encrypting/decrypting means, for encrypting/decrypting the confidential data with the key obtained by the key obtaining means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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