Patent ID: 9158467
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A data storage device comprising: a first and second drive; a first and second mobile storage medium, each including memory space for storing data; a first and second partition wherein the first partition comprises the first drive and the first mobile storage medium and the second partition comprises the second drive and the second mobile storage medium; a combination bridge controller device, including one or more processor and an encryption engine, configured to: control first communication traffic between at least a first client and the first partition wherein the first communication traffic can comprise a first data package; receive the first data package from the client for storage on the first mobile storage medium in cooperation with the first drive; and optionally encrypt the receive the first data package prior to storing; the first mobile storage medium configured to receive the encrypted first data package and specific to the first data package; and the data storage device is further configured to: receive a request form a client for accessing the first data package, the request comprising, a message authentication code (MAC) and a moniker associated with a decryption key; retrieve the decryption key with the associate moniker; access the encrypted first data package from the first mobile storage medium; decrypt the first encrypted data package; compute a MAC of the decrypted first data package, and validated the computed MAC with the received MAC for authenticity and integrity of the decrypted data; and transmit the first encrypted data package to the client in response to the client's request.