Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) hardened information infrastructure with ...

1. A method of processing data in a distributed computing system to survive an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack wherein said distributed computing system having select content important to an enterprise operating said distributed computing system, said select content represented by one or more predetermined words, characters, images, data elements or data objects, said distributed computing system having a proximal select content data store and a plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores, all stores with respective access controls thereat and all operatively coupled over a communications network, the method of processing data comprising:

processing a data input through said distributed computing system to obtain said select content and one or more of contextually and taxonomically associated select content;

extracting and storing said select content and one or more of contextually and taxonomically associated select content in one or more of said proximal select content data store and said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores;

further processing said data input to geographically distribute, with at least one data process from the group of data processes including:

a copy process,

a data extract process,

a data archive process,

a data distribution process and

a copy, extract, archive and distribute process with a sequential and supplemental data destruction process;

said data input over said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores;

permitting reconstruction of the processed data only in the presence of a respective access control for each of said proximal select content data store and said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores.

2. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 1 wherein a sub-plurality of said geographically distributed distal select content data stores are EMP vaults.

3. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 1 wherein a sub-plurality of said geographically distributed distal select content data stores are operated in a cloud computing configuration.

4. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 1 including monitoring one or more of data in transit and data in storage when further processing said data input to geographically distribute said data input over said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores.

5. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 4 wherein geographic and flow and data storage displays are part of said monitoring one or more of data in transit and data in storage during said further processing said data input to geographically distribute said data input over said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores.

6. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 1 including monitoring for one or more predetermined radio frequency communications channels after a predetermined disruptive event.

7. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores are hierarchically organized into geographically distributed tiers of stores, and wherein the further processing includes a cascading process to geographically distribute into the geographically distributed tiers of stores the input data.

8. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 7 wherein the cascading process for the input data, to geographically distribute data into the geographically distributed tiers of stores, includes at least one data process from the group of data processes including:

a copy process,

a data extract process,

a data archive process,

a data distribution process and

a copy, extract, archive and distribute process with a sequential and supplemental data destruction process.

9. A method of processing data to survive an EMP attack as claimed in claim 2 wherein said EMP vaults include switches which electrically isolate said EMP vaults upon command and the method including generating commands to open the EMP vault switches upon occurrence of one or more predetermined disruptive events.

10. A distributed computer system for processing data to survive an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack wherein said distributed computing system having select content important to an enterprise operating said distributed computing system, said select content represented by one or more predetermined words, characters, images, data elements or data objects, said distributed computing system having a proximal select content data store and a plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores, all stores with respective access controls thereat and all operatively coupled over a communications network, the method of processing data comprising:

a processor operating on a data input through said distributed computing system to obtain said select content and one or more of contextually and taxonomically associated select content;

an extractor and a means for storing said select content and one or more of contextually and taxonomically associated select content in one or more of said proximal select content data store and said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores;

means for further processing said data input to geographically distribute, with at least one data process from the group of data processes including:

a copy process,

a data extract process,

a data archive process,

a data distribution process and

a copy, extract, archive and distribute process with a sequential and supplemental data destruction process;

said data input over said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores;

means for reconstructing the processed data only in the presence of a respective access control for each of said proximal select content data store and said plurality of geographically distributed distal select content data stores.

11. A method of processing data in a distributed computing system having select content important to an enterprise operating said distributed computing system, said select content represented by one or more predetermined words, characters, images, data elements or data objects, said distributed computing system having a plurality of distributed select content data stores, all stores with respective access security controls thereat and all operatively coupled over a communications network, the method of processing data comprising:

processing a data input through said distributed computing system to obtain said select content and one or more of contextually and taxonomically associated select content;

extracting and storing said select content and one or more of contextually and taxonomically associated select content in one or more of said plurality of distributed select content data stores;

permitting reconstruction of the processed data only in the presence of a respective access control for each of said select content data stores and based upon a data request profile which includes one or more of:

who is the requester;

what select content data is requested;

where is the requester located;

when does the requester need the select content data;

how long does the requester need access to the select content data;

how much select content data and contextual content about the select content data does the requester request;

the request history of the select content data requested by requester.