Patent ID: 8473752

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a computer readable storage device storing machine readable code executed by a processor, the machine readable code comprising: a detection module detecting an access to secure data, wherein the secure data is stored in secure data blocks of a remote storage device and the secure data blocks are identified by a secured data identifier that cannot be modified; a record module recording an encrypted log entry describing the access to the secure data, the encrypted log entry comprising a log entry encrypted with a hash of the log entry with a secure credential, the log entry comprising a user identification; and a verification module decrypting the encrypted log entry, determining if the log entry is modified from anomalies in the decrypted log entry, determining from the decrypted log entry if an unauthorized user accessed the secure data if the user identification is not listed in a user identification table, and verifying the secure data is securely stored in response to the log entry not being modified and the secure data not being accessed by the unauthorized user.