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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Identification and control of malicious users on a data storage system is described herein. A data storage system as described herein can include a file tracking component that records identities of users that have made at least one modification to a file stored on the data storage system, resulting in a set of recorded users; a user monitor component that increments respective malware counts associated with respective users of the set of recorded users in response to a malware scan of the file indicating that the file contains malware; and an access control component that restricts usage of the data storage system by a first user of the set of recorded users in response to a malware count associated with the first user exceeding a first threshold.