Patent ID: 8352750
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: detecting, at a network attached storage device, first storage media, wherein the first storage media comprises a first encryption key in a memory location associated with the first storage media; retrieving, by the network attached storage device, the first encryption key from the memory location associated with the first storage media; storing, by the network attached storage device, the first encryption key in a persistent memory location in a network attached storage device; causing, by the network attached storage device, the first encryption key on the first storage media to be destroyed; establishing, by the network attached storage device, a logical association between the first encryption key and a first storage media; receiving a write operation in a drive controller associated with the network attached storage device, wherein the write operation is associated with the first storage media; encrypting data associated with the write operation using the first encryption key; and storing, in a network attached storage device, the encrypted data in the first drive storage media in the network attached storage device.