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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nikhil Sinha, Campbell, CA (US);

Earle Lowe, Roseville, CA (US);

Sumit Sarin, Pune, IN;

Sumesh Jaiswal, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01); H04L 63/0464 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for encrypting files may include (i) detecting an event within a network that triggers an encryption of a file on the network, (ii) performing, in response to detecting the event, both encrypting the file to a file encryption key and encrypting the file encryption key to a public key of a source of the file, (iii) receiving, from a client, a file access request that includes the encrypted file encryption key, and (iv) transmitting, in response to determining that the client is authorized to access the file, a re-encrypted file encryption key to the client to enable the client to access the file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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