Patent ID: 8612708
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preventing modification and protecting of data stored in a data storage device present on a computer system in such a manner that presents an illusion/false impression that the data can be modified or be copied, the apparatus being adapted to function as a switch between an existing data storage device and a secondary data storage device, the apparatus comprising: a local memory; connecting data storage device controller to connect to the existing data storage device and the secondary data storage device; a data protection logic configured to connect to the computer system such that the apparatus appears to the computer system as the existing data storage device, the data protection logic connecting to the computer system through a data storage device bus and using an internal table in the local memory, the local memory having flags indicating whether requested data of the computer system is to be retrieved from the existing data storage device or the secondary data storage device; wherein