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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Tino Lin, Tustin, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The system describes one aspect of an apparatus configured to implement a security state for preventing access to a storage device, including a communications hub including an upstream port and a plurality of downstream ports. A first downstream port of the plurality of downstream ports is connected to the storage device, and one or more other downstream ports of the plurality of downstream ports are configured to connect to one or more external devices. The apparatus includes one or more processors configured to monitor the upstream port, determine a connection state of the upstream port, and implement the security state for preventing access to the storage device based on the determined connection state.