Patent ID: 9043877
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: permanently disabling a root identifier of a computing system to secure data stored on the computing system; disabling a first identifier of the computing system, the first identifier having first privileges to the computing system, the first identifier being other than the root identifier of the computing system, the first identifier associated with an accountholder of the computing system, the accountholder alone being unable to provide the first privileges upon the first privileges being disabled; after disabling the first identifier of the computing system, and in response to determining that a problem with the computing system requires the first privileges to the computing system to solve, wherein the code patch is only able to be provided by the third party, and the third party cannot provide itself with the subset of the first privileges in that without the password being provided by the user, the third party has no access to the computing system, such that acquiescence of both the user and the third party is needed to achieve the subset of the first privileges to the computing system.