Managing file access via a designated storage area

摘要

The present invention relates to techniques for managing access to digital assets via a designated place or its sub-places. The designated place may be a file folder, a directory, a local or remote store. The designated place is characterized by or associated with a securing module that causes all files stored in the designated place to have substantially similar security. In other words, a file to be secured can be simply dropped into the designated place and the securing module is configured to take actions to secure the file transparently in accordance with the security characteristics of the designated place. Likewise, a designated place can be set up to unsecure the secured files being deposited in the designated place, provided a user of the secured files is permitted to do so.