Patent ID: 8335933

Claim:
A computer-readable storage device containing instructions for controlling a computing device to store information securely, by a method comprising: securing the information by encrypting with a first key the information to generate first-key encrypted data and encrypting with a second key the first key to generate a second-key encrypted first key; directing storage of a first portion of the first-key encrypted data and the second-key encrypted first key at a first location and a second portion of the first-key encrypted data at a second location, the first location and the second location being separate storage devices; and when the secured information is to be used, receiving the first portion of the first-key encrypted data and the second-key encrypted first key from the first location and the second portion of the first-key encrypted data from the second location; unsecuring the secured information by decrypting with the second key the second-key encrypted first key to extract the first key and decrypting with the extracted first key the received first portion and the received second portion to extract the information, wherein after the information is secured and until the secured information needs to be unsecured, the first location and the second location each store only a portion of the first-key encrypted data and neither the first location nor the second location stores a complete copy of both the first key and the second key.