公开(公告)号：US10185508B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15422832

申请日：2017-02-02

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Munif M. Farhan ,  Luis Padilla Munoz ,  Troy Cognata

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F21/60 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06F11/07 ,  G06F8/65

Abstract: Technologies are provided for remotely destroying a storage device. One or more commands can be transmitted to a storage device to render the storage device inoperable. The storage device can be placed in a retired operation mode, in which the storage device cannot process data access commands. Data stored in the storage device can be sanitized to prevent it from being retrieved. Code modules that are responsible for processing data access commands can be erased from a firmware of the storage device. The storage device can perform operations to render a storage medium of the storage device inoperable. While in the retired mode, the storage device can process an inquiry command to retrieve information about the storage device from the firmware of the storage device. The retrieved information can be used to generate a digital destruction certificate that can be provided to a supplier of the storage device.