Sandra G Scott

US Patent:

20210224379, Jul 22, 2021

Filed:

Jan 15, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/149880

Inventors:

- Marlborough MA, US
Michael Carleton - Marlborough MA, US
Adrian T. VanderSpek - Worcester MA, US
Stephen Smith - Marlborough MA, US
Luke Makosky - Marlborough MA, US
Peter Watkins - Newton Center MA, US
Nathaniel W. Turner - Providence RI, US
Sandra C. Scott - Marlborough MA, US
Yee-ching Chao - Nashua NH, US
Thomas J. Gillispie - Acton MA, US
William Andrews - Reading MA, US
David G. Therrien - Nashua NH, US
Jamey C. Poirier - Grafton MA, US
Mark B. Hecker - Northborough MA, US
Andrew H. French - Lexington MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/54
G06F 21/55
G06F 21/56
G06F 21/78
G06F 11/14

Abstract:

A method, a system, and a computer program product for protection and recovery of backup storage systems from ransomware attacks. A request to modify data stored in a storage system is received. The storage system includes at least one component configured to store the deduplicated data. An acknowledgement of the received request is generated. The acknowledgement indicates that the data stored in the at least one component and identified in the received request was modified. Modification of the data stored in the at least one component and identified in the received request for a predetermined period of time is prevented.