Security technique for digital data on digital storage medium

A system for securing digital data stored on a data storage device by rendering the data storage device inoperable, comprising:

• an insulating tab coupled between an electric output for a battery and a power circuit for a data storage device;
• the insulating tab being positioned between the data storage device and a structure communicating with the data storage device, such that when the structure is compromised to access the data storage device, the insulating tab is decoupled from the battery initiating a security mechanism, the security mechanism including an electric output at a voltage level is delivered by the battery to the storage device via the power circuit rendering the data-storage device inoperable by providing the electrical output to one or more electrical components of the data storage device, wherein the voltage level of the electric output is a catastrophic voltage delivered to the data storage device to result in irreparable damage to the data storage device;
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• coupling a chassis as the structure to a bottom of a PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) where the PCBA includes the data storage device, the insulating tab and the battery being between the data storage device and the chassis.

A system for securing digital data stored on a data storage device by rendering the data storage device inoperable, which comprises:

• a computer system comprising:
• a computer processor, a computer-readable storage medium, and program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium being executable by the processor, to cause the computer system to perform functions to:
• deliver an electric output at a voltage level to a data storage device via a power circuit, rendering the data storage device inoperable by providing the electrical output to one or more electrical components of the data storage device, in response to a structure being compromised to access the data storage device, and a loss of contact between the data storage device and the structure which communicates with the data storage device results in an insulating tab being decoupled from a battery to initiate a security mechanism which includes the electrical output;
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• wherein a chassis is coupled to the data storage device, at least in part as the structure, such that the insulating tab is positioned between the electric output for the battery and the power circuit for the storage device and the insulating tab is positioned between the data storage device and the structure, and the program instructions of the computer cause a function of the functions to remove the insulating tab;
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• wherein the voltage level of the electric output is a catastrophic voltage delivered to the data storage device to result in irreparable damage to the data storage device;
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• wherein the chassis is coupled as the structure to a bottom of a PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) where the PCBA includes the data storage device, the insulating tab and the battery being between the data storage device and the chassis.