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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for policy-based secure destruction of data. The method for policy-based secure destruction of data is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing a data destruction policy, wherein the data destruction policy defines at least one predetermined data destruction parameter. The method may also include referencing the data destruction policy to obtain the data destruction parameters in response to a predetermined data operation. In a further embodiment, the method may include executing a data destruction process in accordance with the data destruction parameters.