Patent ID: 9092633
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authorizing removable medium access comprising: providing, by use of a processor, a removable medium of a tape library to a user requesting the removable medium in response to identifying the user and determining that the user is approved to access the removable medium; mitigating an access attempt if the user is not approved, wherein mitigating the access attempt is selected from the group consisting of providing a placebo medium and providing a tattle-tale medium; retrieving a medium portion of an encryption key from the removable medium, the encryption key encrypting encrypted data stored on the removable medium and comprising a plurality of portions; retrieving a user portion of the encryption key assigned to a user requesting the removable medium in response to identifying the user and determining that the user is approved to access the removable medium; reassembling the encryption key using at least the medium portion and the user portion of the plurality of portions; and decrypting the encrypted data with the reassembled encryption key.