Patent ID: 9003502
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to provide a hybrid, multi-tenancy cloud platform, the method comprising: determining a desired security level for one or more applications of a tenant of a cloud service; based on the desired security level of each of the one or more applications of the tenant, assigning each of the one or more applications to one of: in response to detecting a change of the desired security level of at least one of the one or more applications of the tenant, reassigning the at least one application to a different sub-cloud based on a new desired security level determined for the at least one application to address changing security needs of the at least one application, wherein the desired security level and the new desired security level are inferred from one or more tenant attributes that include at least one from a data recovery need, a data protection need, a deployment efficiency, and a number of prospective clients to access tenant data.