Management of the retention and/or discarding of stored data
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1. A method of discarding stored data comprising:
- discarding a key previously used to encrypt said stored data.
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods, devices and/or systems for a method of managing the retention and/or discarding of stored data are described.
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1. A method of discarding stored data comprising:
discarding a key previously used to encrypt said stored data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of implementing data retention comprising:
manipulating one or more keys employed to encrypt said data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method comprising:
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discarding encrypted data stored on a system;
said system comprising a first layer, a second layer and a third layer, and said encrypted data residing on said third layer;
wherein said first layer is capable of making read and write requests directed to said third layer;
said second layer is capable of performing services including encryption; and
said third layer is capable of performing services including data storage, said encryption being transparent to said third layer. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that when executed, result in performance of a method of discarding stored data comprising;
discarding a key previously used to encrypt said stored data. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that when executed, result in performance of a method of discarding stored data comprising;
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48. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed, result in performance of a method of implementing data retention comprising;
manipulating one or more keys employed to encrypt said data. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed, result in performance of a method of implementing data retention comprising;
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58. An apparatus comprising:
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means for encrypting data with one or more keys; and
means for manipulating said one or more keys employed to encrypt data. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. An apparatus comprising:
a computing platform, said computing platform adapted to manipulate one or more keys employed to encrypt data. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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