	US 12,081,557 B2
	Enforcing data sovereignty policies in a cloud environment
Robert Edgar Barton, Richmond (CA); and Matthew William Gillies, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,492.
Application 18/344,492 is a continuation of application No. 17/362,735, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,706,229.
Application 17/362,735 is a continuation of application No. 16/425,520, filed on May 29, 2019, granted, now 11,095,661, issued on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344836 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 63/107 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a cloud provider, device security data corresponding to at least a respective node of a plurality of nodes associated with the cloud provider;

creating a data sovereignty policy for one or more customers of the cloud provider, the data sovereignty policy specifying a policy of a government entity for storing data associated with the policy;

determining a data residency for the data associated with the policy based on the data sovereignty policy;

based on the device security data, verifying at least a number of the plurality of nodes that comply with the data sovereignty policy; and

storing the data associated with the policy of the government entity on at least the number of the plurality of nodes verified and according to the data residency.