Patent ID: 8341430
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions for storing and retrieving keys from a hardware encrypting storage device, the computer-executable instructions directed to steps comprising: creating at least a first partition and a second partition on the hardware encrypting storage device; instructing the hardware encrypting storage device to implement at least a first encryption band corresponding to the second partition, the first encryption band covering all storage units associated with the second partition, the first encryption band being associated with a first key; storing an encrypted key associated with the first key within a first set of one or more storage units associated with the first partition, the first partition corresponding to at least a global band, the global band being associated with no key; monitoring a partition table comprising information regarding the at least the first partition and the second partition to detect a change of the second partition; and instructing the hardware encrypting storage device to change the first encryption band if the second partition is changed, the instructed change of the first encryption band corresponding to the change of the second partition.