Patent ID: 9075957
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured to communicate with a destination secured storage device, comprising: an authentication manager; a processor configured to execute the authentication manager to authenticate a destination secured storage device, the destination secured storage device containing unusable digital data originating from a source secured storage device, the unusable digital data including secure data that is not transferable to unauthorized devices, and to establish a secure channel with the authenticated destination secured storage device; and a storage device configurator adapted to configure the destination secured storage device to match a configuration of the source secured storage device by transferring a data structure to the destination secured storage device and to disable operation of the destination secured storage device after the unusable digital data has been written to the destination secured storage device, to disable the source secured storage device to render digital data stored therein unusable, and after rendering the digital data unusable at the source secured storage device, to enable the destination secured storage device over the secure channel in order for the unusable digital data in the destination secured storage device to become usable, wherein enabling the destination secured storage device includes reinstating operation of the destination secured storage device, wherein the storage device configurator is configured to receive an identifier of the source secured storage device via the destination secured storage device in order for the identifier to be used to disable the source secured storage device.