System and method for protecting and securing storage devices using below-operating system trapping

A method for securing a storage device, comprising:

• intercepting, at a level below all operating systems of an electronic device accessing the storage device, a request to access the storage device associated with the electronic device, the request originating from the operational level of one of one or more operating systems of the electronic device;
• identifying a requesting entity responsible for initiating the request;
• utilizing one or more security rules to determine whether the request from the requesting entity is authorized;
• and
• utilizing the one or more security rules to determine whether the request involves a protected area of the storage device, the protected area of the storage device comprising one or more sectors of the storage device, the protected area of the storage device identified by the sectors of the storage device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with logic, the logic, when executed by a processor, configured to:

• intercept, at a level below all operating systems of an electronic device accessing a storage device, a request to access the storage device associated with the electronic device, the request originating from the operational level of one of one or more operating systems of the electronic device;
• identify a requesting entity responsible for initiating the request;
• utilize one or more security rules to determine whether the request from the requesting entity is authorized;
• and
• utilize the one or more security rules to determine whether the request involves a protected area of the storage device, the protected area of the storage device comprises one or more sectors of the storage device, the protected area of the storage device identified by the sectors of the storage device.