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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, NC (US);

Arthur R. Francis, Raleigh, NC (US);

Eduardo A. Patrocinio, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 21/6227 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

Minimizing data security risks may be provided. A number and type of confidential data in a computing environment may be determined to generate a metric for the type of confidential data in the computing environment. The metric of the type of confidential data may be compared to a predetermined metric for the type. Responsive to determining the metric for the type of confidential data exceeding a predetermined metric for the type, an action may be performed to prevent more entries of the type of confidential data in the computing environment.


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