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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2006
Applicant:

Jeff W. Wolford, Spring, TX (US);

Inventor:

Jeff W. Wolford, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of enhancing security of a storage component communicating with a host processor over a bus comprises: receiving from the bus by the storage component one of a security unlock command, set password command, security disable command and security erase command along with a password associated therewith; determining a security state in which the storage component is operating at reception of the received command; determining if an enhanced security mode is enabled at reception of the received command; and performing security steps of the received command based the determined security state and the determined security mode.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wolford, Jeff. (2014). Method of securing access to a hard disk drive of a computer system with an enhanced security mode (U.S. Patent No. 8627109). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8627109

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