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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sourabh Satish, Fremont, CA (US);
Brian Hernacki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); G06F 21/6227 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for securing confidential data related to a user in a computer is described. In one example, rules are obtained that provide a representation of the confidential data. A storage system in the computer is searched using the rules to detect a file having at least a portion of the confidential data. The file is encrypted the in-place within the storage system using symmetric encryption based on a secret associated with the user.