System and method for automatically securing sensitive data in public cloud using a serverless architecture

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a cloud compute service, a notification that a sensitive file comprising sensitive data has been received at a file receipt location, the sensitive file being sent by a client device;
• generating, by the cloud compute service, a container instance in response to the notification;
• retrieving, by the container instance, the sensitive file from the file receipt location;
• generating, by the container instance, a stripped file by stripping the sensitive data from the sensitive file based on a configuration file;
• transmitting, by the container instance, the stripped file to a storage location;
• deleting the sensitive file and associated file pointers from the file receipt location;
• and
• terminating the container instance, wherein terminating the container instance comprises deleting files comprising sensitive data and associated file pointers.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored instructions, which when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a notification that a sensitive file comprising sensitive data has been received at a file receipt location, the sensitive file being sent by a client device;
• generating a container instance in response to the notification;
• retrieving, by the container instance, the sensitive file from the file receipt location;
• generating, by the container instance, a stripped file by stripping the sensitive data from the sensitive file based on a configuration file;
• transmitting, by the container instance, the stripped file to a storage location;
• deleting the sensitive file and associated file pointers from the file receipt location;
• and
• terminating the container instance, wherein terminating the container instance comprises deleting files comprising sensitive data and associated file pointers.