System and method for securing sensitive data
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsErik Todeschini, Stephen Patrick Deloge, Donald Anderson
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Abstract
An approach is provided for securing data in a technical environment. In one embodiment, a processor obtains a first file, which when executed installs a first portion of a second file and an assembly key to assemble the second file. The processor executes this first file and then obtains the second portion of the second file. The processor assembles the second file using the first portion, the second portion, and the assembly key.
Claims20
A method for securing sensitive data in a technical environment, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor, a first file, executing, by the processor, the first file, wherein upon execution by the processor the first file installs in a memory a first portion of a second file and an assembly key to assemble the second file;
- obtaining, by the processor, a second portion of the second file;
- and
- assembling, by the processor, with the assembly key, an assembled second file, wherein the assembled second file comprises the first portion of the second file and the second portion of the second file.
A computer program product for securing data in a technical environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and program code stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program code executable by a processing circuit to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor, a first file that is executable;
- executing, by the processor, the first file, wherein upon execution by the processor the first file installs in a memory a first portion of a second file and an assembly key to assemble other portions of the second file;
- obtaining, by the processor, a second portion of the second file;
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- assembling, by the processor, with the assembly key, an assembled second file, wherein the assembled second file comprises the first portion of the second file and the second portion of the second file.
A computer system for securing data in a technical environment, the computer system comprising:
- a plurality of computing nodes connected by a network;
- at least one of said nodes comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and a processor that executes program code stored thereon;
- an assemblable file divided into component portions that are stored across the system on said plurality of nodes;
- wherein said program code on said at least one node obtains, by the processor, both an assembly key and a first component portion of the assemblable file from at least one one of said plurality of computing nodes, the program code executed by the processor to perform the method of:
- obtaining, by the processor, a second component portion of the assemblable file;
- and assembling, by the processor, with the assembly key, the assemblable file, wherein the assemblable file comprises the first component portion of the assemblable file and the second component portion of the assemblable file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.