Abstract: Trusted platform module (TPM) keys are copied to a floppy diskette or fob that is external to the customer device in which the TPM resides, so that if the keys in TPM are zeroed as a result of, e.g., a malicious denial of service attack, they can be copied back from the diskette or fob.

Abstract: A method and system for encrypting non-volatile storage regions, such as volumes, accessible by multiple users. A plurality of non-volatile storage regions is encrypted each with a different encryption key. A subset of the encryption keys is made available to each user thereby granting the user access to a corresponding subset of non-volatile storage regions. To protect a user's encryption keys, a private-public encryption key pair is generated, the private key being made available only to that user. The subset of the user's encryption keys is encrypted using the user's public encryption key. The users' private keys can be stored in a secure encryption module and can be protected with a password. Upon authenticating a user, the corresponding encryption keys may be provided to the user after decrypting the encryption keys using the user's private key. The contents of the non-volatile storage regions are then decrypted using the encryption keys.