Patents by Inventor Tim van der Horst

Tim van der Horst has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for enforcing privacy in cloud security
    Patent number: 10706167
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for enforcing privacy in cloud security may include (i) identifying, by a computing device, a set of files in a backup process for a cloud service, (ii) determining, by the computing device, that at least one file in the set of files is a private file, (iii) modifying, by the computing device encrypting the private file, the set of files in the backup process, (iv) completing the backup process for the cloud service with the modified set of files, and (v) enforcing a security policy of the cloud service based on a scan of file hashes. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NortonLifeLock Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Sokolov, Lei Gu, Jason Holler, Tim van der Horst