Intel Corporation

Mcafee, Inc.

Thomas R Bowen

Paritosh Saxena

Nicholas D Triantafillou

Paul J Thadikaran

Adrian R Pearson

Gamil A Cain

Jason R Cox

Adam Greer Wright

Richard Paul Mangold

Sergiu D Ghetie

Faraz A Siddiqi

Neeraj S Upasani

Janet Yabeny Sholar

Reginald David Nepomuceno

Anand S Ramalingam

David R Noeldner

Jonathan M Hughes

Darren Lasko

Ronald Tafoya

Teddy Gordon Greer

Unnikrishnan Jayakumar

William B Lindquist

John A List

Brandon Collier

Niels Juel Reimers

Emily Po-Kay Chung

A self-encrypting drive (SED) comprises an SED controller and a nonvolatile storage medium (NVSM) responsive to the SED controller. The SED controller enables the SED to perform operations comprising: (a) receiving an encrypted media encryption key (eMEK) for a client; (b) decrypting the eMEK into an unencrypted media encryption key (MEK); (c) receiving a write request from the client, wherein the write request includes data to be stored and a key tag value associated with the MEK; (d) using the key tag value to select the MEK for the write request; (e) using the MEK for the write request to encrypt the data from the client; and (f) storing the encrypted data in a region of the NVSM allocated to the client. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Technology for fine-grain encryption and secure key injection on self-encrypting drives

A system for securing electronic devices includes a storage device including a storage device controller processor, at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium in firmware of the storage device communicatively coupled to the storage device controller processor, and a monitor application comprising computer-executable instructions on the medium. The instructions are readable by the storage device controller processor. The monitor application is configured to provision one or more read-only areas of the storage device, provision a candidate copy area of the storage device, reduce a maximum capacity available for user data on the storage device by a size of the read-only areas and the candidate copy area, and secure access to the read-only areas of the storage device.

Remote provisioning and authenticated writes to secure storage devices

Provided are an apparatus, system, and method authenticating a system to access diagnostic interface in a storage device. The storage device includes a computer readable storage medium implemented to store data and a controller. The controller receives a request from the computer system to initiate a cryptographic nonce to access diagnostic interface in the storage device. The controller generates a nonce and returns to the computer system. Upon receiving an unlock request from the computer system to access the diagnostic interface including a signed nonce comprising at least the nonce encrypted with a private key by the authorized unlock system, the controller uses a public key that is a cryptographic pair with the private key to decrypt the signed nonce to determine whether to grant the computer system access to the diagnostic interface in the storage device.

Authenticating a system to enable access to a diagnostic interface in a storage device

Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods to protect data stored in a storage system of a device from malware alternation are described. In some embodiments, a system receives an indication that the data is to be protected. In addition, the system further triggers an interrupt of the device and secures the data from the malware alternation.

User controllable platform-level trigger to set policy for protecting platform from malware

Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for securely transferring data between a storage system and an agent are described. In some embodiments, a system establishes a tunnel between the storage system and the agent. The system further securely transfers the data between the storage system and the agent using the tunnel. In one embodiment, the tunnel uses an action and results mailbox to transfer the data. In another embodiment, the tunnel is based on a trusted send facility.

Method and apparatus to tunnel messages to storage devices by overloading read/write commands

Systems and methods for providing anti-malware protection on storage devices are described. In one embodiment, a storage device includes a controller, firmware, and memory. The firmware communicates with an authorized entity (e.g., external entity, operating system) to establish a secure communication channel. The system includes secure storage to securely store data.

Systems and methods for providing anti-malware protection on storage devices

Systems and methods for providing features that enable anti-malware protection on storage devices are described. In one embodiment, a storage device includes a controller, firmware, and memory. The controller manages input/output operations for the storage device. The firmware provides features for protection against malware. The memory includes secure storage that is configured to provide a set of storage operations.

Systems and methods for providing anti-malware protection and malware forensics on storage devices

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Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

Thomas R Bowen