Techniques for security management provisioning at a data storage device
US9064116B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/566
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for a data storage device to locally implement security management functionality. In an embodiment, a security management process of the data storage device is to determine whether an access to non-volatile media of the data storage device is authorized. In certain embodiments, the data storage device is to restrict access to a secure region of the non-volatile storage media, the secure region to store information used and/or generated by a security management process of the data storage device.
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