Method and apparatus for securing data storage while insuring control by logical roles
US8127147B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/80
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage device with hardened security features has a storage medium, an interface, and a controller. The interface is adapted to communicatively couple the storage device to a host system. The controller is within the storage device and is adapted to read and to write information to and from the storage medium. The controller is adapted to require a security partition authorization from a manufacturer of the storage device before executing a security partition creation command received over the interface.
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