Data storage apparatus and method

摘要

A data storage apparatus is provided that comprises: an acquiring unit (12) for acquiring a signature key (31) from a portable/simple storage medium (30) such as an IC card; and a signature generation unit (11) for generating a signature, when issuing to a storage medium drive device a request to write data to a portable storage medium (22) such as a magneto-optical disk (MO), using the data, time information output by a clock (21) which cannot adjust time information, and the signature key (31) read from the portable/simple storage medium (30) by the acquiring unit (12).