Patent ID: 7721345
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of securing data in a distributed computer system having security sensitive content represented by one or more security sensitive words, characters, images, data elements or data objects therein, said security sensitive content having a plurality of security levels, each security level having an associated security clearance, said distributed computer system having a plurality of computers therein and a plurality of extract data stores for respective ones of said plurality of security levels operatively coupled over a communications network comprising: granularly extracting said security sensitive content from a data input to obtain extracted data for each corresponding security level and remainder data; storing said extracted data for each corresponding security level in the respective extract store and storing said remainder data in said distributed computer system; controlling release of corresponding extracted data from said respective extract stores with said associated security clearances for corresponding security levels; and, fully or partially reconstructing all or part of said data input with said corresponding extracted data and remainder data after the controlling release thereof.