US Patent 10318767 Multi-tier security framework

A security framework for a multi-tenant, multi-tier computer system with embedded processing is described. A multi-tenant security framework is created for a combined processing and storage hierarchy of multiple tiers. The multi-tenant security framework is applied to multiple execution levels of the memory device. The multi-tenant security framework is applied to multiple layers of application server software of the memory device. The multi-tenant security framework is also applied to multiple layers of storage server software of the memory device.