Patent ID: 8769303

Claim:
A method implemented at least in part by a computer, the method comprising: obtaining stakeholder data that indicates a plurality of stakeholders of protected data that is encrypted on a volume, the stakeholder data obtained by examining a computing device that is connected to a storage device that includes the volume and examining data external to the computing device; obtaining security data associated with the volume, the security data usable to unlock the volume, wherein obtaining security data comprises obtaining a recovery key identifier and a recovery key value, the recovery key value obtained by providing the recovery key identifier or a portion thereof to a recovery manager and receiving in response thereto the recovery key value, the recovery key value being obtained from a recovery store by the recovery manager by using the recovery key identifier or the portion thereof; signing the security data so that a recovery data receiver can verify that the security data received has not been tampered with; and providing the signed security data and the stakeholder data to the recovery data receiver for storing in the recovery store, wherein the recovery store is external to the computing device.