Data storage drive with target of opportunity recognition

A computer program product for reading data from media, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• receive, by the computer, a request to store data on data storage media;
• obtain, by the computer, a data key;
• generate, by the computer, an encryption encapsulated data key using the data key;
• generate, by the computer, a session encrypted data key using the data key;
• provide, by the computer, the session encrypted data key to a machine configured to write encrypted data to the data storage media, the session encrypted data key being configured for use by the machine in writing encrypted data to the data storage media by extracting and using the data key embedded in the session encrypted data key;
• and
• provide, by the computer, the encryption encapsulated data key to the machine for enabling the machine to store the encryption encapsulated data key with the data on the data storage media.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• receive a request to read data from data storage media;
• receive from a machine configured to read encrypted data from the data storage media, an encryption encapsulated data key stored on the data storage media;
• process the encryption encapsulated data key to obtain a data key;
• generate a session encrypted data key using the data key;
• and
• provide the session encrypted data key to the machine for use by the machine in reading the encrypted data from the data storage media, the session encrypted data key being configured for use by the machine in reading encrypted data from the data storage media by extracting and using the data key embedded in the session encrypted data key;
• and
• receive the data from the machine in unencrypted form.