Selective encryption of data in motion
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Branson, Ryan K. Cradick
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Abstract
Provided is a method for disabling encryption of data in motion in response to an event. The method includes a service processing data. The service may process the data while in a public mode, in which the service is configured to encrypt data in motion. The method further comprises detecting an event that triggers the service to go into a protected mode. The method further comprises isolating the service from one or more public systems in response to detecting the event. The method further comprises deactivating encryption of data in motion, and processing the data without encrypting the data while in motion.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- processing, by a service operating in a public mode, data, wherein the service is configured to encrypt data in motion while operating in the public mode;
- detecting an event that triggers the service to go into a protected mode;
- isolating, in response to detecting the event, the service from one or more public systems;
- deactivating encryption of data in motion;
- and
- processing the data without encrypting it while in motion.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method comprising:
- processing, by a service operating in a public mode, data, wherein the service is configured to encrypt data in motion while operating in the public mode;
- detecting an event that triggers the service to go into a protected mode;
- isolating, in response to detecting the event, the service from one or more public systems;
- deactivating encryption of data in motion;
- and
- processing the data without encrypting it while in motion.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:
- processing, by a service operating in a public mode, data, wherein the service is configured to encrypt data in motion while operating in the public mode;
- detecting an event that triggers the service to go into a protected mode;
- isolating, in response to detecting the event, the service from one or more public systems;
- deactivating encryption of data in motion;
- and
- processing the data without encrypting it while in motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.