An system comprising: a redundant array of independent disks "RAID" storage; and a circuitry configured to: (a) generate an access request for data involving the storage, the storage being adapted to access, in response to the request, an encryption or parity information associated with the data, the encryption information being of one portion of data stored in the storage, the encryption information satisfying one of the following subparagraphs (b) and (c): (b) the encryption information is stored in a number of encrypted disk stripes (30A-30N) in the storage that is greater by one than a maximum number of disk stripes that can be recovered such that the data is unrecoverable based solely upon remaining unencrypted portion of the data (32A-32N) or the parity information (34A-34N) stored in the storage; (c) the encryption information is stored in one or more respective disk stripes (30A-30N) having a number that is determined based upon one or more encryption levels associated with one or more characteristics of the data, wherein the encryption levels are indicated by one of: one instruction; and one RAID descriptor; d) receive the request, wherein: the encryption information satisfies the subparagraph (b); the storage implements a syndrome wherein two disks may be recovered; the encrypted disk stripes (30A-30N) comprise at least three respective stripes respectively stored in at least three respective disks in the storage; and the parity information (34A-34N), as stored in the storage, is unencrypted, and striped in other disks in the storage that are different from the at least three respective disks. (a) generate an access request for data involving the storage, the storage being adapted to access, in response to the request, an encryption or parity information associated with the data, the encryption information being of one portion of data stored in the storage, the encryption information satisfying one of the following subparagraphs (b) and (c): (b) the encryption information is stored in a number of encrypted disk stripes (30A-30N) in the storage that is greater by one than a maximum number of disk stripes that can be recovered such that the data is unrecoverable based solely upon remaining unencrypted portion of the data (32A-32N) or the parity information (34A-34N) stored in the storage; (c) the encryption information is stored in one or more respective disk stripes (30A-30N) having a number that is determined based upon one or more encryption levels associated with one or more characteristics of the data, wherein the encryption levels are indicated by one of: one instruction; and one RAID descriptor; d) receive the request, wherein: the encryption information satisfies the subparagraph (b); the storage implements a syndrome wherein two disks may be recovered; the encrypted disk stripes (30A-30N) comprise at least three respective stripes respectively stored in at least three respective disks in the storage; and the parity information (34A-34N), as stored in the storage, is unencrypted, and striped in other disks in the storage that are different from the at least three respective disks. the encryption information satisfies the subparagraph (b); the storage implements a syndrome wherein two disks may be recovered; the encrypted disk stripes (30A-30N) comprise at least three respective stripes respectively stored in at least three respective disks in the storage; and the parity information (34A-34N), as stored in the storage, is unencrypted, and striped in other disks in the storage that are different from the at least three respective disks.