Patent ID: 8473324

Claim:
A data movement system for assessing inherent risk associated with a project that involves moving first data from a first jurisdiction and second data from a second jurisdiction, the system comprising: a rules repository configured to store rules associated with the regulations of the first jurisdiction and the regulations of the second jurisdiction; and a workflow manager comprising a processor and configured to: determine jurisdictional complexity of the project as a function of the regulations of the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction, wherein the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction each have corresponding regulations that restrict the movement of data out of that jurisdiction and wherein at least some portion of the regulations involve data privacy, data secrecy, and data outsourcing; determine jurisdictional exposure of the project as a function of an organization's exposure to the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction, wherein at least some portion of the organization's exposure involves the organization's volume of business activity in the first jurisdiction and in the second jurisdiction; and determine the risk of the project as a function of the jurisdictional complexity of the project and the jurisdictional exposure of the project.