Patent ID: 8560785
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing multiple levels of security for a backup medium comprising: receiving at a media drive a plurality of encryption keys from backup management software, wherein at least one encryption key of the plurality of encryption keys is received at the media drive using a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command; encrypting, using at least one computer processor, a data portion of the backup medium with a first encryption key of the plurality of encryption keys; encrypting a first metadata portion of the backup medium with a second encryption key of the plurality of encryption keys; encrypting a second metadata portion with a third encryption key of the plurality of encryption keys, wherein the first encryption key, the second encryption key, and the third encryption key are different encryption keys based on different levels of access, and wherein a field in metadata is used by a backup policy to identify at least one of the first encryption key and the second encryption key; and providing an encryption key of the plurality of keys to an offsite archiving location, the encryption key providing access to the metadata, wherein the encryption key is provided to the offsite archiving location securely and separately from storage media.