Content aware hierarchical encryption for secure storage systems

• Main Authors: Botelho, Fabiano C, Garg, Nitin, Pogde, Prashant
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.03.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

In one embodiment, in response to a request received from a client for retrieving a data object stored in a storage system, a root key is obtained from the request. The data object is represented by metadata in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels. Each level includes a plurality of...