BACKGROUND

As enterprises continue to grow, databases storing data pertinent to those enterprises also grow in number. With these virtually innumerable databases, management of the entire database population, at least with respect to safeguarding them from data loss, is becoming ever more difficult.

SUMMARY

In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for mitigating asset protection threats, comprising: detecting an asset protection intent based on user interaction with a published user interface; identifying an asset to which the asset protection intent is directed; initiating, in response to the detecting the asset protection intent, a backup operation targeting the asset to obtain a backup asset; and issuing, to a backup storage system, a backup request comprising the backup asset.

In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor, enables the computer processor to: detect an asset protection intent based on user interaction with a published user interface; identify an asset to which the asset protection intent is directed; initiate, in response to the detecting the asset protection intent, a backup operation targeting the asset to obtain a backup asset; and issue, to a backup storage system, a backup request comprising the backup asset.

Other aspects of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the appended claims.

