Access protected storage component for a computer system

摘要

Components of a computer system are protected by requiring input of security authentication before they can be used. Storage devices such as hard drives or solid state memory (eg RAM) may block access to stored data without the input of security authentication. Upon entering the wrong authentication code beyond a prescribed number of times the stored data can be encrypted or deleted. In the case of hard drive storage a degaussing element may be used to destroy the stored data. The system may also have varying levels of access rights.