Patent ID: 9143491
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to secure data for a virtual machine in a data center, comprising: generating, by a security system in the data center, a set of decryption keys; quorum-encrypting, by the security system, data for the virtual machine using the set of decryption keys, such that a number of decryption keys within the set of decryption keys is needed to decrypt quorum-encrypted data for the virtual machine, wherein the number of decryption keys comprises more than one decryption key; distributing, by the security system, decryption keys of the set of decryption keys to a plurality of virtual machines in the data center, wherein: assembling, by the virtual machine, a quorum of decryption keys to decrypt the quorum-encrypted data for the virtual machine, wherein assembling the quorum of decryption keys comprises: