Patent ID: 8726017
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for data management, comprising: obtaining information associated with an encryption key, the information comprising an encryption time period for the encryption key; determining whether the encryption key is valid based on at least the encryption time period; deactivating, with at least one processor, the encryption key when the encryption key is invalid; identifying at least one database including encrypted data associated with the deactivated encryption key and with one or more additional encryption keys, the at least one database having a database time period, the encrypted data being associated with corresponding times that fall within the encryption time period and the database time period; in response to the encryption key being deactivated, disabling, with the at least one processor, access to the encrypted data associated with the deactivated encryption key and included in the at least one database; in response to determining that at least one of the one or more additional encryption keys is not valid and that the database time period has elapsed, making the encrypted data in the at least one database associated with each of the one or more additional encryption keys irretrievable; and wherein the encrypted data that is associated with the deactivated encryption key and included in the at least one database remain retrievable until a determination that all encryption keys are not valid and that the database time period has elapsed.