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Abstract

Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor. The computer-readable medium may have instructions stored thereon, the instructions configured to, when executed by the processor: (i) receive a generalized command from an application of an information handling system, the generalized command including an encryption or decryption task; (ii) convert the generalized command into a format recognizable by an encryption accelerator; (iii) provide the generalized command to the encryption accelerator in the format recognizable by the encryption accelerator; and (iv) instruct a cryptoprocessor to provide an encryption key for use in connection with the generalized command, the encryption key is unique to a storage resource, the encryption key further based on a security policy, wherein the security policy defines whether an encryption or decryption task is to be executed based on one or more of: a user logged into the information handling system, characteristics of the storage resource, or characteristics regarding a directory path of data to be written or read.

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