Method and apparatus of securely processing data for file backup, de-duplication, and restoration

An apparatus configured to de-duplicate at least one data file, the apparatus comprising:

• a transmitter configured to request a list of data rows stored in a database to be de-duplicated;
• a receiver configured to receive the list of the data rows based on a single filekey associated with the at least one data file;
• and
• a processor configured to
• copy the at least one data file to a data storage memory,
• delete the data rows entries from a file registry of the database,
• determine if the filekey has already been de-duplicated,
• decrypt an advanced encryption standard (AES) key associated with each of the rows in the list of data rows, and
• re-encrypt the AES key to transfer the AES key to an agent application.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform de-duplicating at least one data file, the processor being configured to perform:

• requesting a list of data rows stored in a database to be de-duplicated;
• receiving the list of the data rows based on a single filekey associated with the at least one data file;
• copying the at least one data file to a data storage memory;
• deleting the data rows entries from a file registry of the database:,
• determining if the filekey has already been de-duplicated;
• decrypting an advanced encryption standard (AES) key associated with each of the rows in the list of data rows;
• and
• re-encrypting the AES key to transfer the AES key to an agent application.