Patent ID: 11934682
Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
executing, on a processor, instructions that cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
discovering data elements subject to protection, wherein the data elements are accessed from repositories of distinct computer systems of an organization;
determining, for each data element of the data elements, a movement of the data element subject to protection, wherein a first data element indicates a first movement of data and a second data element indicates a second movement of data, wherein the first movement and the second movement are across different computing environments;
determining that the data elements are being communicated to a target computing environment; and
in response to determining that the data elements are being communicated to the target computing environment, protecting the data elements based at least in part on a source of the data elements and the target computing environment of each data element of the data elements, wherein protecting the data elements includes:
determining whether to hash, anonymize, or encrypt at least a portion of the first data element based on the first movement of data and the target computing environment;
determining whether to hash, anonymize, or encrypt at least a portion of the second data element based on the second movement of data and the target computing environment; and
hashing, anonymizing, or encrypting at least a portion of the first data element and at least a portion of the second data element based on the determination.