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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Zhen Zhong Huo, Beijing, CN;
Ying Liu, Beijing, CN;
Hui Su, Beijing, CN;
Xin Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Jun Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Zhen Zhong Huo, Beijing, CN;
Ying Liu, Beijing, CN;
Hui Su, Beijing, CN;
Xin Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Jun Zhu, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a computer-implemented method for protecting confidential knowledge in a software system design which includes a plurality of artifacts. The method includes the steps of calculating a correlation between the confidential knowledge and the software system design, acquiring inter-dependencies between the artifacts in the software system design, and determining protection mechanisms for the respective artifacts according to the correlation and the inter-dependencies. The system includes a correlation calculating section for calculating a correlation between the confidential knowledge and the software system design; an inter-dependency acquiring section for acquiring inter-dependencies between the artifacts in the software system design; and a mechanism designing section for determining protection mechanisms for the respective artifacts according to said correlation and said inter-dependencies.