Method and apparatus for securing data stored within a non-volatile memory

Abstract

A method for securing data of a non-volatile memory device, comprising: providing the non-volatile memory device with a secured chip, for securely storing a secret for ciphering/deciphering the data; providing the non-volatile memory device with a ciphering/deciphering logic, for ciphering/deciphering the data with a secret; storing a secret for ciphering/deciphering the data within the secured chip; on storing data within the non-volatile memory device, employing the secret from the secured chip, and ciphering the data with the secret; and on retrieving data from the non-volatile memory device, employing the secret from the secured chip, and deciphering the encrypted data with the secret.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.