Techniques for remediating deleted data cybersecurity risks
AssigneeWiz, Inc.
InventorsNir Ohfeld, Shir Tamari
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Abstract
A system and method for remediating exposed deleted client data in a cloud computing virtualization is presented. The method includes accessing a disk of a virtualization in a computing environment, the disk including deleted data; recovering at least a file from the deleted data; detecting client data on the at least a file, wherein the client data is untied to any functionality provided by the virtualization; and permanently deleting the detected client data from the disk.
Claims19
A method for remediating exposed deleted client data in a cloud computing virtualization, comprising:
- accessing a disk of a virtualization in a computing environment, the disk including deleted data, wherein the deleted data is one or more blocks;
- analyzing the one or more blocks at a low level, wherein the low level bypasses a file system;
- reconstructing a file based on the analyzed one or more blocks;
- detecting data in the file unutilized by the virtualization;
- determining the data is client data in response to the detected data is unutilized;
- and
- permanently deleting the client data from the disk.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for remediating exposed deleted client data in a cloud computing virtualization, the set of instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processing circuitries of a device, cause the device to:
- access a disk of a virtualization in a computing environment, the disk including deleted data, wherein the deleted data is one or more blocks;
- analyze the one or more blocks at a low level, wherein the low level bypasses a file system;
- reconstruct a file based on the analyzed one or more blocks;
- detect data in the file unutilized by the virtualization;
- determine the data is client data in response to the detected data is unutilized;
- and
- permanently delete the client data from the disk.
A system for remediating exposed deleted client data in a cloud computing virtualization comprising:
- a processing circuitry;
- a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the system to:
- access a disk of a virtualization in a computing environment, the disk including deleted data, wherein the deleted data is one or more blocks;
- analyze the one or more blocks at a low level, wherein the low level bypasses a file system;
- reconstruct a file based on the analyzed one or more blocks;
- detect data in the file unutilized by the virtualization;
- determine the data is client data in response to the detected data is unutilized;
- and
- permanently delete the client data from the disk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.