Patents by Inventor HENDRIK S. BRUECKNER

HENDRIK S. BRUECKNER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • End-to-end encryption of a block storage device with protected key
    Patent number: 10491387
    Abstract: A method for protecting an encryption key for a block storage device is provided. The includes reading from a superblock of the block storage device a secure key, referring to a clear key only accessible by a hardware security module, and a type indicator indicating that the secure key refers to the clear key which is only accessible by the hardware security module. The method also includes associating the block storage device with the hardware security module and converting the secure key into a protected clear key using the hardware security module, wherein the protected key refers to the clear key accessible by a central processing unit of a related computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hendrik S. Brueckner, Reinhard T. Buendgen, Harald Freudenberger
  • END-TO-END ENCRYPTION OF A BLOCK STORAGE DEVICE WITH PROTECTED KEY
    Publication number: 20180139046
    Abstract: A method for protecting an encryption key for a block storage device is provided. The includes reading from a superblock of the block storage device a secure key, referring to a clear key only accessible by a hardware security module, and a type indicator indicating that the secure key refers to the clear key which is only accessible by the hardware security module. The method also includes associating the block storage device with the hardware security module and converting the secure key into a protected clear key using the hardware security module, wherein the protected key refers to the clear key accessible by a central processing unit of a related computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: HENDRIK S. BRUECKNER, REINHARD T. BUENDGEN, HARALD FREUDENBERGER