Techniques for providing verifiable security in storage devices

Details Techniques for providing verifiable security in storage devices Techniques for providing verifiable security in storage devices

2011-06-28

2011-06-28

Zand, Kambiz (Department: 2434)

Information security

Access control or authentication

Stand-alone

C726S002000, C726S004000, C726S018000, C726S026000, C713S164000, C713S193000, C713S182000, C380S028000, C380S279000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07971241

ABSTRACT:
A verifiable security mode is provided for securing data on a storage device, such as a hard disk drive. When the verifiable security mode is enabled, only authenticated accesses to data stored on the storage device are permitted after entering a password. An end user is prevented from disabling the verifiable security mode. The verifiable security mode can be set to allow or disallow an administrator from disabling the verifiable security mode. The verifiable security mode can be implemented, for example, in firmware on a hard disk drive (HDD).

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