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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Claudio Marinelli, Latina, IT;
Luigi Pichetti, Rome, IT;
Jacques Fontignie, Perly, CH;
Marc V. Stueckelberg, Geneva, CH;
Claudio Marinelli, Latina, IT;
Luigi Pichetti, Rome, IT;
Jacques Fontignie, Perly, CH;
Marc V. Stueckelberg, Geneva, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-readable storage medium containing machine executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to encrypt a virtual disc; wherein the virtual disc comprises a virtual disc image; and wherein execution of the machine executable instructions cause the processor to: receive the virtual disc; increase the size of the virtual disc; write a decryption-master-boot-record and a decryption program to the virtual disc; encrypt at least a portion of the virtual disc image, wherein the decryption program comprises decryption-machine-executable-instructions for decrypting the at least partially encrypted virtual disc image in accordance with a cryptographic key.