SECURE EXTERNAL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

There is disclosed a system for securing data within an external storage device comprising: a host (108) comprising a trusted platform module (TPM); an external data storage device (100) comprising at least one section for storing secured data and information (102), at least one application section (101) and at least one hidden area (107); whereby the application section (101) further comprising authentication and attestation based application; and the hidden area (107) further comprising an encrypted PCR values (104) and an attestation identity key (AIK) (105); whereby the authentication and attestation based application within the external data storage (100) are launched automatically in the host (108) upon established connection between the host (108) and the external data storage (100).