Patent ID: 7716467

Claim:
A method for securing enterprise data, comprising: receiving unencrypted data by an encryption gateway service stored in a memory and executed by a processor, wherein the encryption gateway service includes an encryption/decryption component stored in a memory and executed by a processor, an identity management component stored in a memory and executed by a processor, a notification component stored in a memory and executed by a processor, and a logging/auditing component stored in a memory and executed by a processor; authenticating and authorizing, by the identity management component, a user attempting to send the unencrypted data to the encryption gateway service by communicating with an enterprise identity management system; encrypting, by the encryption/decryption component, the unencrypted data; sending, by the notification component, a notification that the unencrypted data has been encrypted to an entity from which the unencrypted data was received within an enterprise operating the encryption gateway service; logging, by the logging/auditing component, that the unencrypted data has been encrypted; and sending, by the encryption gateway service, the encrypted data to a destination.