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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2016
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

John Michael Petersen, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Gary David Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Shareef Fathi Alshinnawi, Apex, NC (US);

Ajay Dholakia, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a system includes a media storage device, a processor, and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor. The logic is configured to cause the processor to associate a first subset of storage space on the media storage device with a first group of applications executing on a hardware processor. The logic is also configured to cause the processor to receive a request from an application to access the first subset of storage space on the media storage device. Moreover, the logic is configured to cause the processor to prevent any application other than an application from the first group of applications from accessing the first subset of storage space on the media storage device. Other systems, methods, and computer program products for defending against ransomware attacks on devices and systems using application authority assignment are described according to more embodiments.


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