US 11,861,185 B2
Protecting sensitive data in snapshots
Marco Sanvido, Belmont, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by PURE STORAGE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,775.
Application 17/728,775 is a continuation of application No. 16/708,062, filed on Dec. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,340,800.
Application 16/708,062 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/410,332, filed on Jan. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,503,700, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0253225 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0623 (2013.01) [G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
creating a transformed snapshot portion by applying a transformation specified in an access policy to one or more data objects contained within a portion of a stored snapshot, wherein the stored snapshot is a copy of data in a storage system at a particular point in time prior to a request to access the snapshot; and
providing access to the transformed snapshot portion.