US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Nov. 11 for "Data storage system using selective encryption based on port binding in communications with drive subsystem" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,861, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Data storage system using selective encryption based on port binding in communications with drive subsystem" was invented by Gregory W. Lazar (Upton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive subsystem engages in data communication with a storage controller by establishing logic for selectively decrypting data communications based on identification of a controller encryption port as source port in received data communications. Data communications from the storage controller are processed by (1) for data commands, based on a non-encrypting port being ide...