Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Universal File Virtualization (UFV) that functions like a single virtual data hub spanning on-premise storage at various data silos, data centers cloud data resources stored in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, remote office and branch office and hybrid-clouds primarily catering secondary data storage combining cyber resilience technologies, information security, file storage and object storage technologies. The proposed solution is built upon disaggregated control plane, security plane and decentralized data plane architecture. The system controller, security controller and Universal File System modules implement various file virtualization, security or data services algorithms to data that passes through it.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to routing information exchange to content forwarding routers (DTCs) from USC controller, making up an exclusive-path routing paradigm, across an overlay network. USC maintain the content routing information base. A method for implementing an overlay network of Data Transport Controllers with source-routed data forwarding, based on transport protocol information with split-transport is disclosed. The method includes populating and updating content forwarding data to Data Transport Controller (DTC) nodes at regular intervals using a universal security controller (USC); uploading the content to original Data Transport Controller (DTC) nodes, converting the uploaded content into Split-Partition (SP) fragments at origin DTC, forwarding data, across content routers by a plurality of DTC nodes, recovering the original content from the SP fragments at terminal DTC node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Overlay Content Forwarding (OCF) Methods to transfer data across a wide area network without introducing a single point of data breach or wire-tapping on a Zero Trust Data transfer paradigm. Methods are applied on a system built upon Data Transport Controllers (DTC) and USC with AIOps capabilities. System modules are deployed across various geo locations in a Wide Area Network, operating at the control of Universal Security Controller (USC). USC extracts system, security and storage activity telemetry data from DTC controllers, update Routes through XML updates and Routing update exchanges, to orchestrate Autonomous, de-duplicated, segmented data forwarding across exclusive path overlay network guided by AIOps mechanisms. Data is segmented in unintelligible manner based on information theory and sent across different, exclusive path across DTC nodes in an overlay network in different application sessions and reassembled at destination DTC node to recover the original content.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to attack-tolerant storage system architecture with active response methods against different forms of storage intrusion for data at-rest, under-operation and in-motion as an integrated system design. System is built upon a Storage security controller (SG nodes), USC, overlay network of DTC nodes attached to SG nodes. System security modules are deployed across various geo locations in a Wide Area Network. USC extracts system, security and storage activity telemetry data from Secure Vaults, Storage Gateways and inter-site data transfer systems to orchestrate autonomous security Operations. SG nodes create SP fragments and store in SV nodes or move it across DTC nodes upon data operations. SG nodes are connected to SV nodes which are micro-segmented, data vaults with restricted network reachability. Kill-Data-Service methods and other Active Response security methods are triggered from SG nodes or at DTC nodes , as part of AR operations, orchestrated by USC.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cyber-attack mitigation, information theoretic security in-motion, at-rest and storage intrusion mitigation with exclusive-path, content routing across an overlay network. Overlay network built upon Data Transport Controllers (DTC), SG nodes and SV nodes. System modules are deployed across various geo locations in a Wide Area Network, operating at the control of Universal Security Controller (USC). USC extracts system, security and storage activity telemetry data from Secure Vaults, Storage Gateways and Data Transport Controllers to orchestrate Autonomous Security Operations. SG nodes create SP fragments and store in SV nodes upon a data input operation. USC initiates an Exclusive-path content forwarding from the first SG node, across the DTC overlay through an exclusive list of DTC nodes and move it to second SG node. USC keeps the security control of SG nodes, DTC nodes and SV nodes and realize multi-vectored storage security at-rest and in-motion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Universal File Virtualization (UFV) that functions like a single virtual data hub spanning on-premise storage at various data silos, data centers cloud data resources stored in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, remote office and branch office and hybrid-clouds primarily catering secondary data storage combining cyber resilience technologies, information security, file storage and object storage technologies. Invention is built upon disaggregated control plane, security plane and decentralized data plane architecture. The system controller, security controller and Universal File System modules implement various file virtualization, security or data services algorithms to data that passes through it. All technologies are applied across various on-premise data vaults, cloud providers, storage sites and cloud services.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a distributed information storage system which functions as virtual cloud storage overlay on top of physical cloud storage systems. The disclosure discloses transparently solving all the data management related security, virtualization, reliability and enables transparent cloud storage migration, cloud storage virtualization, information dispersal and integration across disparate cloud storage devices operated by different providers or on-premise storage. The cloud storage is owned or hosted by same or different third-party providers who own the information contained in the storage which eliminates cloud dependencies. This present disclosure functions as a distributed cloud storage delivery platform enabling various functionalities like cloud storage virtualization, cloud storage integration, cloud storage management and cloud level RAID.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a distributed information storage system which functions as virtual cloud storage overlay on top of physical cloud storage systems. The disclosure discloses transparently solving all the data management related security, virtualization, reliability and enables transparent cloud storage migration, cloud storage virtualization, information dispersal and integration across disparate cloud storage devices operated by different providers or on-premise storage. The cloud storage is owned or hosted by same or different third-party providers who own the information contained in the storage which eliminates cloud dependencies. This present disclosure functions as a distributed cloud storage delivery platform enabling various functionalities like cloud storage virtualization, cloud storage integration, cloud storage management and cloud level RAID.