Patent ID: 11962686
Assignee: SAP SE
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A system for handling intermediate data in connection with a database employing group-level encryption, the system comprising:
at least one processor;
and at least one non-transitory memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to carry out actions comprising:
upon startup of an instance of the database, generating a random encryption key;
storing the random encryption key in transient memory;
receiving a set of intermediate data, the set of intermediate data comprising data associated with a plurality of encryption groups associated with the database,
wherein an encryption group of the plurality of encryption groups comprises a unique encryption key for encrypting data;
performing an encryption operation on the set of intermediate data using the random encryption key;
receiving a request to shut down the database; and
responsive to receiving the request to shut down the database, wiping the transient memory.