End-to-end encryption and backup in data protection environments

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PATENT NO 9858427
SERIAL NO

15054521

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A computer receives a set of objects from a client, whereby at least one of the objects of the set are respectively associated and encrypted with a unique file encryption key (FEK). The computer encrypts each of the FEKs with a common master encryption key, MEK, resulting in respective locked keys. In an initial backup, the encrypted objects together with their associated locked keys are transmitted to a backup server where a first module determines if locked key has changed via referencing an encryption state associated with the encrypted objects. If an MEK has changed, the existing FEKs are re-encrypted with the changed MEK to generate new locked keys, and, in a subsequent backup operation, sending the new locked keys to the backup server to replace the existing locked keys, while avoiding transmitting to the backup server the objects whose associated FEKs are affected by the changed MEK.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mueller, Christian Dichtelbach, DE 155 1299
Mueller-Wicke, Dominic Weilburg, DE 34 488
Rueger, Erik Ockenheim, DE 182 726

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