METHOD FOR SECURING DATA UTILIZING MICROSHARDamp;#148; FRAGMENTATION

摘要

A set of methods are proposed to increase data security, both in motion and atrest, by creating microshard data fragments.Microshard data fragments are subsets of a data file which are smaller than adefined atomic unit of value (e.g. a fraction of the sizeof a social security number or valuable password that one seeks to protect).These microshard data fragments are then dispersed acrossseveral physical locations, obscuring the value. Additional techniques areproposed to further frustrate unauthorized reassembly attemptsand to create system efficiencies.