Patent ID: 8195724

Claim:
A system configured to provide a virtual binding for a write once read many (WORM) storage system on a rewritable medium, comprising: a WORM logic controller and a WORM storage module of a security-enhanced storage enclosure; the WORM storage module being configured to register the WORM logic controller on the WORM storage module; a controller authenticator configured to authenticate the WORM logic controller using a public key; a storage authenticator configured to authenticate the WORM storage module, wherein the security-enhanced storage enclosure is configured to migrate by removing the public key from a storage user table and registering the security-enhanced storage enclosure at a new location, and the WORM logic controller is configured to migrate by removing the public key from the controller authenticator and registering the WORM logic controller at a new location, wherein the WORM logic controller and the WORM storage module are configured to execute a command on the rewriteable medium in a secure manner.