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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Cocotis, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Zvonimir Bandic, San Jose, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for controlling encrypted data stored on a remote device. In particular, a remote device includes a storage controller device that can receive a 'secure hide' command from an administrator device via a cloud server. If the storage controller device determines the 'secure hide' command is validly signed, then the storage controller device executes the secure command by erasing the end user's public decryption key from the storage controller device. At that point, end user access to the encrypted data on the remote device is highly improbable.