US 9,003,544 B2Granted

Efficient securing of data on mobile devices

AssigneeKaspersky Lab ZAO

InventorsSergey V. Nevstruev, Oleg V. Nevstruev, Andrey V. Matveev

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Abstract

A mobile device and associated method and computer-readable medium, wherein the device is configurable for data protection readiness. A preparation module is configured to perform preprocessing to prepare the mobile device for data protection readiness, the preprocessing includes: indicating certain items of data stored in the data storage arrangement which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device; indicating criteria that defines a situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured; and indicating a set of actions to be carried out to secure the items of data of personal importance. A protection module is configured to monitor for an occurrence of the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured based on the criteria indicated by the preparation module, and to execute the set of actions indicated by the preparation module in response to a detection of the occurrence of the situation.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A mobile device configurable for data protection readiness, comprising:

a computing system that includes a power system having an on-board energy source, and a processor operatively coupled with a data storage arrangement and a network interface, the computing system further including:
a preparation module configured to perform preprocessing to prepare the mobile device for data protection readiness, the preprocessing to be performed autonomously prior to an occurrence of a situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured, and including:
computationally determining, from among data stored in the data storage arrangement, certain items of data which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device based on a rule set that evaluates an extent of use on the mobile device, by the owner, of applications associated with those data items, wherein different ones of those certain items of data are associated with corresponding different levels of importance;
indicating criteria that defines the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured;
and
indicating a set of actions to be autonomously carried out to secure the items of data of personal importance, wherein the set of actions includes different protective actions associated with corresponding different levels of importance of the data items;
and
a protection module configured to autonomously monitor for an occurrence of the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured based on the criteria indicated by the preparation module, and to execute the set of actions indicated by the preparation module in response to a detection of the occurrence of the situation.

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A method for preparing a mobile device for data protection readiness, comprising:

(a) storing instructions in the mobile device for causing the mobile device to (i) autonomously determine, from among data stored on the mobile device, certain items of data which are of personal importance to an owner of the mobile device based on a rule set that computationally evaluates an extent of use on the mobile device, by the owner, of applications associated with those data items, wherein different ones of those certain items of data are associated with corresponding different levels of importance;
(b) storing instructions in the mobile device for causing the mobile device to (ii) autonomously indicate criteria that defines a situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured;
(c) storing instructions in the mobile device for causing the mobile device to (iii) autonomously indicate a set of actions to be carried out to secure the items of data of personal importance, wherein the set of actions includes different protective actions associated with corresponding different levels of importance of the data items;
(d) storing instructions in the mobile device for causing the mobile device to (iv) autonomously monitor for an occurrence of the situation for which the items of data of personal importance are to be secured based on the criteria;
and
(e) storing instructions in the mobile device for causing the mobile device to (v) autonomously execute the set of actions in response to a detection of the occurrence of the situation,
wherein storing the instructions in (a)-(c) causes the mobile device to perform (i)-(iii) prior to performing (iv) and (v).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/190,853Filed 26 Jul 2011
Published: US 2013/0031595 A131 Jan 2013
Granted: 7 Apr 2015
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Classification13 codes

G06F 21/6245
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
G06F 21/55
Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems: detecting local…
G06F 21/552
Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures: involving long-term monitoring or reporting
G06F 21/554
Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures: involving event detection and direct action