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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Omkharan Arasaratnam, Ajax, CA;

Garreth J. Jeremiah, Thornhill, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6227 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04L 2209/46 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and associated system for securing sensitive data in a cloud computing environment. A system has proprietary data as a record stored in a database. The system associates a hashing directive with the record prior to sending the data out to a cloud for computing services. The hashing directive classifies each data field of the record into sensitive and transactional. The hashing directive controls a mode of hashing, either one-way hashing or two-way hashing for each sensitive data field associated with the hashing directive. A cloud receives the record secured according to the hashing directive and process the record to generate a result value for a cloud process result field of the record. The system reconstitutes the record the record according to the mode of hashing indicated in the hashing directive.


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