SPATIAL SECURITY FOR STORED DATA
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1. A method of providing spatial security of data stored on a hard disk drive, comprising:
- associating a user with at least one track and/or sector of the hard disk drive;
locking the at least one track and/or sector as a default setting;
determining the user has moved into a predefined area; and
unlocking the at least one track and/or sector based on the determining the user has moved into the predefined area.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of providing spatial security of data stored on a hard disk drive. A method includes associating a user with at least one track and/or sector of the hard disk drive. The method also includes locking the at least one track and/or sector as a default setting. The method additionally includes determining the user has moved into a predefined area. The method further includes unlocking the at least one track and/or sector based on the determining the user has moved into the predefined area.
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1. A method of providing spatial security of data stored on a hard disk drive, comprising:
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associating a user with at least one track and/or sector of the hard disk drive; locking the at least one track and/or sector as a default setting; determining the user has moved into a predefined area; and unlocking the at least one track and/or sector based on the determining the user has moved into the predefined area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system implemented in hardware, comprising:
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a geo-spatial reader substrate configured to determine when a geo-spatial coordinate locator moves into or out of a predefined area; and an intelligent spatial security steward storage controller (ISSSC) configured to at least one of;
unlock at least one track and/or sector of a hard disk drive when the geo-spatial coordinate locator moves into the predefined area, and lock the at least one track and/or sector of the hard disk drive when the geo-spatial coordinate locator moves out of the predefined area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for providing spatial security of data stored on a hard disk drive, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to associate a user with a low level portion of the hard disk drive; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to prevent read/write access to the low level portion of the hard disk drive when a user is determined to be outside of a predefined area; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to permit read/write access to the low level portion of the hard disk drive when a user is determined to be inside the predefined area. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A computer system for providing spatial security of data stored on a hard disk drive, the system comprising:
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a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media; program instructions to determine when a user moves into or out of a predefined area associated with a computer device connected to the hard disk drive; program instructions to unlock at least one track and/or sector of the hard disk drive when the user moves into the predefined area; and program instructions to lock the at least one track and/or sector of the hard disk drive when the user moves out of the predefined area, wherein each of the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.
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