Encryption management in an information handling system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMuhammed Jaber, David Konetski, Don C. McCall, Frank H. Molsberry, Kenneth Wade Stufflebeam, JR., Michele A. Kopp
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Abstract
A method of enforcing an encryption policy in an information handling system for receiving a request for access to data, automatically identifying from a plurality of encryption policies a particular encryption policy associated with the requested data, selecting an available encryption implementation module capable of enforcing the identified encryption policy, and initiating an encryption or decryption of the requested data using the selected encryption implementation module.
Claims20
A method of enforcing an encryption policy in an information handling system comprising steps of:
- receiving a request for access to data;
- automatically identifying from a plurality of encryption policies a particular encryption policy associated with the requested data;
- selecting an available encryption implementation module capable of enforcing the identified encryption policy;
- and
- initiating an encryption or decryption of the requested data using the selected encryption implementation module.
Software embodied in tangible computer-readable media and, when executed by a processor, operable to:
- receive a request for access to data;
- automatically identify from a plurality of encryption policies a particular encryption policy associated with the requested data;
- select an available encryption implementation module capable of enforcing the identified encryption policy;
- and
- initiate an encryption or decryption of the requested data using the selected encryption implementation module.
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- and
- a security policy enforcement subsystem enabled to:
- receive a request for access to data;
- automatically identify from a plurality of encryption policies a particular encryption policy associated with the requested data;
- select an available encryption implementation module capable of enforcing the identified encryption policy;
- and
- initiate an encryption or decryption of the requested data using the selected encryption implementation module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.