Patent ID: 8839371

Claim:
An interface device for securing access to a storage device, the interface device comprising: a first port configured to be operatively, physically coupled to a computing system; a second port configured to be operatively, physically coupled to the storage device including a plurality of encrypted logical sections; a wireless signal detector configured to receive a unique identifier from a wireless device; and a controller operatively coupled to the first port, the second port, and the wireless signal detector, wherein the controller is configured to store access permission rights for accessing the plurality of logical sections and wherein the controller is further configured to decrypt the plurality of logical sections based on the access permission rights corresponding to a plurality of derived cryptographic keys and wherein the controller is configured to: derive a cryptographic key from the unique identifier; decrypt a logical section of the plurality of encrypted logical sections in the storage device using the derived cryptographic key; and disable access to the decrypted logical section in the storage device if the wireless device is not in range of the wireless signal detector.