Patent ID: 9197405
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing user access to encrypted data on a user device, comprising: receiving a security policy for the user device, wherein the security policy includes data access conditions and data encryption conditions specified for each of a plurality of users of the user device; creating and saving on an operating system (OS) of the user device a plurality of user accounts for the plurality of users, respectively, wherein the plurality of user accounts contain credentials for the plurality of users to access data files on the user device based on the respective data access conditions; receiving an encryption policy from a security center that identifies at least one of the plurality of user accounts in the OS of the user device; and encrypting at least a portion of the data files on the user device associated with the identified at least one user account based on the data encryption conditions specified in the received encryption policy for the user of the identified at least one user account.