Patent ID: 8990558
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for securing information on a virtual server in a cloud environment, comprising: a cloud encoder associated with the virtual server, comprising a communication module, and a file filter, as well as a protection policy database and an event logger, all of which are interconnected, and a key manager and a configuration manager outside server of the cloud encoder, virtual server and cloud environment and associated with an owner of the information and connected to the communication module of the cloud encoder via a secured communication link, wherein: upon initiation of the virtual server, the cloud encoder is arranged to receive and store a protection policy from the configuration manager, and during operation of the virtual server, the file filter is arranged to receive at least one encryption key from the key manager, place the received at least one encryption key in a memory of the virtual server such that the encryption key persists on the virtual server and in the cloud environment only until the virtual server is stopped, and use the placed at least one encryption key to encrypt and decrypt information within the virtual server according to the received protection policy.