Patent ID: 9529815
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining policy compliance in backup and compliance systems, comprising: receiving, at a data backup system, from a compliance system, compliance and internal standards information relating to policies of the compliance system; storing the received compliance and internal standards information in the data backup system; monitoring one or more events comprising a policy creation event relating to internal policies of the data backup system; collecting data associated with the monitored one or more events comprising the policy creation event wherein the collected data comprises an indication regarding whether duplication for a policy resulting from the policy creation event has been enabled; and determining, from the collected data and the compliance and internal standards information, whether the internal policies of the data backup system are in compliance with the policies of the compliance system, including determining whether collected data associated with the policy creation event, indicating whether duplication for the policy has been enabled, deviates from a desired retention period for data, according to the policies of the compliance system.