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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Arun Murti, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Adam Brenner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Mark Malamut, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/30 (2019.01); G06F 11/1446 (2026.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

Providing data protection by distributing backup data among a large plurality of distributed devices. A number of networked devices are deployed to protect data of a target device in the network. Each device of contains memory sufficient to store at least a portion of backed up data from the target device. Index information for backup data of the target device stored in each device. A cyber-attack condition is detected by a heartbeat or canary signal. Upon detection of an attack the devices enter a lockdown mode. The index information is used to reconstruct the backed up data from the portion of backed up data stored on each respective device.


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