Ahnlab, Inc.

Heean Park

Kwang Tae Kim

Kyung Wan Kang

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for protecting data using a virtual environment, which creates a safe virtual environment that supports the execution of application programs being operated on a computer and which enables important data to be inputted or outputted only within the virtual environment, such that access to the important data is prevented in a general local environment. According to the present invention, data leakage is initially prevented to protect data, and convenience is provided in that a user may use the computer in a general manner while performing desired work.

Method and apparatus for protecting data using a virtual environment

A system for logically separating a server using client virtualization includes a client terminal including a virtual environment generation unit for generating a virtual environment, and a virtualized server including a local storage unit, an authentication server for performing authentication on the client terminal when a request for access to the local storage unit is received from a process executed in the virtual environment, and a virtualization filter drier for allowing or blocking the access request to the local storage unit based on the authentication result of the client terminal. The client terminal further includes a virtualization filter driver for transmitting the access request from the process executed in the virtual environment to the local storage unit, and blocking the access request from the process without being made through the virtual environment to the local storage unit.

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Seoul, South Korea

Heean Park