Providing security in a cloud storage environment

a cloud storage environment and security technology, applied in the field of cloud storage environments, can solve the problems of unauthorized outsiders/users, customer of cloud service operating at the client device experiencing a compromised quality of service, and administrators may accidentally or maliciously run destructive commands configured to compromise the security of data associated with the data,
US20140137214A1Inactive Publication Date: 2014-05-15NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
Publication Date
2014-05-15
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A method of providing security as a service in a cloud storage environment includes storing, through a cloud manager of the cloud storage environment, a security level of access of a storage controller associated with a customer of the security as a service, and receiving a request from the customer to access security information of the storage controller associated therewith. The method also includes providing, through the cloud manager, security information of the storage controller associated with the customer in accordance with the request and the stored security level of access of the storage controller associated with the customer.
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CLAIM OF PRIORITY

[0001] This is a Continuation in Part application and claims priority from U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12 / 951,089 titled: “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING STORAGE SECURITY IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT” filed on Nov. 22, 2010.FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

[0002] This disclosure relates generally to cloud storage environments and, more particularly, to a method, an apparatus, and / or a system of providing security in a cloud storage environment.BACKGROUND

[0003] In a cloud computing environment, storage requirements of one or more client device(s) may be flexibly met through a corresponding one or more storage controller(s) configured to host one or more virtual server(s) appropriately provisioned thereto. A cloud administrator may have the requisite privileges to configure a virtual server associated with a client device on any storage controller. Also, for example, the cloud administrator may accidentally or maliciously run destructive commands configured to compromise th...

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