Systems and methods for securing virtual machine computing environments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9529998-B2
Application number	US-201514749058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2015
Priority date	Aug 18, 2010
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for securing data in virtual machine computing environments. A request is received for a security operation from a first virtual machine operating in a host operating system of a first device. In response to receiving the request, a first security module executes the security operation, the first security module implemented in a kernel of the host operating system. The result of the security operation is provided to the first virtual machine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for securing data, the method comprising:
receiving, using a hardware processor, a request for a security operation from a first virtual machine operating in a host operating system of a first device, wherein the security operation is to be performed by one or more of a plurality of security modules including a first security module implemented in a kernel of the host operating system and a second security module;
in response to receiving the requ…

Assignees

• Security First Corp

Inventors

• O'Hare Mark S
• Orsini Rick L
• Mumaugh John R
• Staker Matt

Classifications

• G06F21/6281

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/45558

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/53 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2009/45587

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/60

  Physics · mapped topic