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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Wayne C. Carlson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cheryl M. Friauf, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory T. Kishi, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Duke A. Lee, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jonathan W. Peake, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program product for eliminating access to data within a writable storage media cartridge includes a computer readable medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to determine whether a first portion of data on the writable storage media cartridge is encrypted, and determine whether key shredding is enabled. In response to determining that key shredding is not enabled, the processing circuit causes performance of a long erase on at least the encrypted first portion of data, and causes shredding of an encryption key related to said encrypted first portion of data.