US 12,223,081 B2
Data center monitoring and management operation for discovering, analyzing and remediating sensitive data center data
Deepak Gowda, Cary, NC (US); Ramya Ramachandran, Hopkinton, MA (US); Vinay Sawal, Fremont, CA (US); and Anne-Marie McReynolds, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,734.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346168 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 21/6227 (2013.01) [G06F 16/116 (2019.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center monitoring and management operation, comprising:
establishing a secure communication channel between a data center asset and a data center monitoring and management console via a connectivity management system aggregator, the establishing the secure communication channel establishing a trusted state and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication with the data center asset is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset is authenticated;
receiving data center data from the data center asset via the secure communication channel;
identifying unprotected sensitive data center data contained within the data center data;
classifying the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data according to a sensitivity based classification;
categorizing the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data to one of a plurality of data sensitivity categories according to a sensitivity level of the sensitive data center data; and,
remediating the sensitive data center asset data according to the sensitivity based classification of the sensitive data center data and the sensitivity level of the sensitive data center data, the remediating the sensitive data center asset data including performing a data masking operation on the sensitive data center data contained within the data center, the data masking operation being performed by a data masking system, the data masking system being included within the data center monitoring and management console.