Remediating storage of sensitive data on hardware device
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAllison Renner Walton, Ana Andrijic, Jazzmine Marie White, David C. White, Jr.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided herein for remediating storage of sensitive data on a hardware device. In one example, a request to remediate storage of sensitive data on a hardware device is obtained. In response to the request, a database is automatically searched. The database correlates the hardware device with an indication of how to remediate the storage of the sensitive data on the hardware device. Based on the database, the storage of the sensitive data on the hardware device is remediated.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining a request to remove sensitive data stored on a hardware device;
- in response to the request, automatically searching a database that correlates the hardware device with an indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, wherein the database includes a mapping that maps a type of the hardware device to the indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device;
- identifying a risk level associated with a type of the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, wherein the database further includes a mapping that maps the type of the sensitive data stored on the hardware device to the risk level;
- providing an indication of the risk level;
- and
- based on the indication of the risk level and the indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, removing the sensitive data from the hardware device.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to obtain or provide network communications;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the network interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- obtain a request to remove sensitive data stored on a hardware device;
- in response to the request, automatically search a database that correlates the hardware device with an indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, wherein the database includes a mapping that maps a type of the hardware device to the indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device;
- identifying a risk level associated with a type of the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, wherein the database further includes a mapping that maps the type of the sensitive data stored on the hardware device to the risk level;
- providing an indication of the risk level;
- and
- based on the indication of the risk level and the indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, remove the sensitive data from the hardware device.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain a request to remove sensitive data stored on a hardware device;
- in response to the request, automatically search a database that correlates the hardware device with an indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, wherein the database includes a mapping that maps a type of the hardware device to the indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device;
- identifying a risk level associated with a type of the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, wherein the database further includes a mapping that maps the type of the sensitive data stored on the hardware device to the risk level;
- providing an indication of the risk level;
- and
- based on the indication of the risk level and the indication of how to remove the sensitive data stored on the hardware device, remove the sensitive data from the hardware device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.