Patent ID: 8407487

Claim:
An electronic device for security monitoring, the electronic device comprising: a storage system; an integrated circuit comprising a first switch and a second switch, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch provides two signals, the two signals provided by the first switch respectively correspond to a general storage system and a secured storage system, and the two signals provided by the second switch respectively correspond to an encryption key of the secured storage system being modifiable or not modifiable; at least one processor; and one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising: a detection module that determines whether the storage system being the secured storage system according to a detected signal of the first switch, and determines whether the encryption key of the secured storage system being modifiable according to a detected signal of the second switch; and a decryption module that decrypts the secured storage system using a decryption key under the condition that the decryption key is the same as a preset decryption key in the secured storage system.