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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Fadi El-Moussa, London, GB;
Theo Dimitrakos, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
A data storage device providing secure data storage for a software application executed by an operating system in a computer system including a file system operation interceptor that detects requests for file system operations in respect of data for the application; a file system operation analyzer that is responsive to the interceptor and that analyses an intercepted file system operation request to identify attributes associated with the file system operation; a comparator that compares the attributes with a predefined security policy definition; a cryptographic unit that encrypts and/or decrypts data using one or more cryptographic functions; wherein the cryptographic unit is operable in response to the comparator to perform an encryption or decryption operation on the data and effect the performance of the requested file system operation by the operating system.