Accessing protected content for archiving

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for accessing protected content includes a first computing device with at least one processor. The system determines one or more users associated with information required to access content of a protected document based on a set of rules. A request is generated and sent to at least one second computing device associated with the one or more determined users to retrieve and utilize the required information to access the content of the protected document. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for accessing protected content in substantially the same manner described above.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method of accessing protected content comprising:
 determining at a first computing device one or more users associated with information required to access content of a protected document based on a set of rules; and   generating and sending a request to at least one second computing device associated with the one or more determined users to retrieve and utilize the required information to access the content of the protected document.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the protected document is protected via at least one of encryption and password protection. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 requesting permission to access the content of the protected document from a determined user at an associated second computing device and accessing the content in response to obtaining the permission.   
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing, via the first computing device, an interface to receive the required information from a determined user and utilizing the received information to access the content of the protected document.   
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 4 , wherein the interface includes a virtual desktop with an application that requests and utilizes the required information to access the content of the protected document. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 limiting operations on the virtual desktop to prevent modification of the accessed content.   
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining a presence of protection for a received document at an archiving system and sending notification of the received protected document to the first computing device.