Data compliance management associated with cloud migration events

US9052939B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9052939-B2
Application numberUS-201113118123-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 27, 2011
Priority dateMay 27, 2011
Publication dateJun 9, 2015
Grant dateJun 9, 2015

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A compliance tool can verify compliance with jurisdictional transfer and storage requirements for data migration into or within a cloud. The compliance tool can monitor and check data transfers and storage to determine if the data transfer and/or storage will cross jurisdictional boundaries. If the transfers or storage crosses jurisdictional boundaries, the compliance tool can identify the transfer and storage requirements of any jurisdictions involved with the transfer and/or storage. The compliance tool can verify that the data transfers complies with the identified transfer and storage requirements. If the data transfer and/or storage does not comply with the identified transfer and storage requirements, the compliance tool can terminate the data transfer and/or storage, modify the data transfer and/or storage, and/or modify the data, itself, to comply with the identified transfer and storage requirements.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: identifying a transfer of data from a first location in a first jurisdiction to a storage resource located in a second jurisdiction in a cloud network, wherein a jurisdiction is a geographical area to which certain legal authority applies, and wherein the second jurisdiction is different than the first jurisdiction; identifying a requirement, specified by the first jurisdiction, to store the data in view of an attribute of the data;…

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What does patent US9052939B2 cover?
A compliance tool can verify compliance with jurisdictional transfer and storage requirements for data migration into or within a cloud. The compliance tool can monitor and check data transfers and storage to determine if the data transfer and/or storage will cross jurisdictional boundaries. If the transfers or storage crosses jurisdictional boundaries, the compliance tool can identify the tran…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ferris James Michael, Red Hat Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/45558. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 09 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).