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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Raja Suresh Krishna Balakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Vineet Bhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rahul Gopi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Raja Suresh Krishna Balakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Vineet Bhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rahul Gopi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes providing a request to store at least a first piece of data. The request to store the first piece of data is a request to store the first piece of data in a first encrypted form on a cloud associated with the cloud application provider. The method also includes determining whether the cloud application provider is capable of encrypting the first piece of data, and providing the first piece of data to the cloud application provider if it is determined that the cloud application provider is capable of encrypting the first piece of data. If it is determined that the cloud application provider is not capable of encrypting the first piece of data, the method further includes encrypting the first piece of data to create the first encrypted form and providing the first encrypted form to the cloud application provider.