Storage System Having Security Storage Device and Management System Therefor

摘要

The present invention relates to a storage system of a computer and, more particularly, to a storage system and method having a security storage device including a secured disk area, wherein the existence or absence of the secured disk area cannot be known through the application of an operating system in a deactivated state, and the secured disk area can be activated and used only by a digital key and password when a user's password is input through an application including the digital key.

主权项

1. A storage system comprising a secured storage device characterized in that the secured storage device comprises:
a storage module comprising a secured disk of arbitrary size comprising a digital key area in which a digital key is stored and a secured data area that is encrypted with said digital key; a kernel layer module that deactivates said secured disk in a security setting mode, and activates said secured disk by said digital key in a security setting release mode; and a key application module that mounts a secured disk sub-system, which processes input/output requests for said activated secured disk, to an application module that can manage data stored in said storage module at a security setting release request by execution of a key application that comprises a digital key that is identical to said digital key; controls said kernel layer module and activates the secured disk by the digital key of said key application, which is identical with the digital key stored in the digital key area of said secured disk; and processes input/output requests for the data stored in said activated secured disk through said kernel layer module.