Patent ID: 8892877

Claim:
A method for accessing files of a secure file server, the method comprising the acts of: authenticating a user or a process requesting access to the secure file server; accessing, by the user or process, the files of the secure file server by way of an encryption module of the secure file server; wherein: the encryption module comprises an encryption agreement of a centralized security application; and access by an authenticated user or authenticated process to the secure file server factors into consideration the encryption agreement, wherein the files of the secure file server are stored on a storage array together with unencrypted files of a normal file server, wherein the storage array is independently accessible by the normal file server and by the secure file server, wherein the user or process accesses the storage array via the normal file server using an unencrypted connection, while accessing the storage array via the secure file server using an encrypted connection factoring into consideration the encryption agreement.