Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Matthew John Lawman

Siani Lynne Pearson

A storage box includes bulk non-volatile memory storage locations, an input/output unit for connection to a network, and a controller for controlling reading and writing of data from and to the storage locations. A trusted device is physically associated with/incorporated into the controller. At least one of the controller and the trusted device is configured such that in writing data to the memory storage locations, the data are stored in conjunction with a coded identifier which is associated with a person or organization that is authorized to read the data.

Network storage devices

A trusted device, physically associated with a network appliance that does not include a CPU, communicates with at least one component of the appliance and is accessible via a network connection to the device for providing a signal indicative of a condition of the appliance. The appliance can be a storage box having bulk non-volatile memory storage locations. The component is an ASIC of a controller of the appliance. The trusted device acquires a true value of an integrity metric of the appliance which is reported by the trusted device to a challenger. The component then provides the root of trust for measurement. The trusted device provides the root of trust for reporting. In a RAID controller assembly, each RAID controller has its own trusted device.

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Bath, United Kingdom

Matthew John Lawman