Patent ID: 9398016
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a requester of a plurality of requesters, the request specifying an operation having security related information for elements in a network encompassing a protection storage operating system (PSOS), the PSOS having a first set of components handling data access operations and a second set of components handling configuration operations; storing, through a storage processing function of the PSOS, an identifier of the requester and a security related information element locally within a storage location of the first or second set of components; accessing, upon receiving the request in a security function of the PSOS, the security related information element and requester identifier to match other elements of the network impacted by the request; and performing, by the security function, a security condition specific check to determine whether or not the request is to be allowed or denied, wherein the PSOS comprises a data domain operating system (DDOS), and wherein the first set of components handling data access operations comprises data domain file system (DDFS) components and the second set of components handling configuration operations comprises at least one of an alerts component, a secure multi-tenancy (SMT) component, a systems management services (SMS) component, and a role-based access control (RBAC) component, and wherein the storage location of the first set of components comprises a data structure stored in a first persistent memory device and configured to store attribute information of the requester and the security related information, and wherein the storage location of the second set of components comprises a registry stored in a second persistent memory device.