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Techniques for security management provisioning at a data storage device

US9064116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2010
Grant dateJun 23, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2031

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  • 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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