Patent ID: 9052939
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying a transfer of data from a first location in a first jurisdiction to a storage resource located in a second jurisdiction in a cloud network, wherein a jurisdiction is a geographical area to which certain legal authority applies, and wherein the second jurisdiction is different than the first jurisdiction; identifying a requirement, specified by the first jurisdiction, to store the data in view of an attribute of the data; determining, by a processor, whether storing the data in the storage resource in the second jurisdiction in the cloud network complies with the requirement; identifying a second requirement, specified by the second jurisdiction, to store the data in view of the attribute of the data; determining whether storing the data in the storage resource in the second jurisdiction in the cloud network complies with the second requirement; and preventing transfer of the data if storing the data in the second jurisdiction does not comply with the second requirement of the second jurisdiction.