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Method and apparatus for securing data storage while insuring control by logical roles

  • US 20060259785A1
  • Filed: 05/10/2005
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage device with hardened security features comprising:

  • a storage medium;

    an interface adapted to communicatively couple the storage device to a host system; and

    a controller within the storage device adapted to read and to write information to and from the storage medium, the controller adapted to require a security partition authorization from a manufacturer of the storage device before executing a security partition creation command received over the interface.

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