Patent ID: 11870906
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a request to create an isolated storage recovery account for a first device associated with a subscriber of a cloud storage provider, the isolated storage recovery account managing and maintaining access to a data repository that is separate from a related production data repository;
provide an interface for the subscriber to provide credentials for creating the isolated storage recovery account in response to receiving the request to create the isolated storage recovery account;
receive credentials for creating the isolated storage recovery account from the first device and via the interface, the credentials including at least a first public key of a public/private key pair associated with the subscriber;
create the isolated storage recovery account based upon the credentials, the creating including generating of a password for accessing the isolated storage recovery account, the password not being accessible or shared with the subscriber in an unencrypted state;
encrypt the password at least twice, the password at least twice, the encrypting including a first encryption of the password with the first public key associated with the subscriber and received from the first device, and a second encryption of the password with a second public key of a second public/private key pair associated with the provider, a first private key of the first public/private key pair not being accessible or shared with the provider and a second private key of the second public/private key pair not being accessible or shared with the subscriber; and
store the at least twice encrypted password in a secure storage accessible by at least one of the subscriber and the provider, the at least twice encrypted password enabling access to the isolated storage recovery account by joint coordination between the subscriber and the cloud storage provider.