ENFORCING MULTI-OWNERSHIP OF DATA ON STORAGE

A computer-implemented method for providing a secure data access service that encrypts data is disclosed. The method includes: wrapping a data encryption key by at least two customer root keys, wherein the at least two customer root keys are assigned to different user identifiers, and wherein the at least two customer root keys are stored in different hardware security modules, and wherein a wrapping structure for the at least two customer root keys is applied according to an access policy that defines which of the assigned user identifiers must concur to enable a data access to the encrypted data by the secure data access service; and encrypting the data by the secure data access service using the unwrapped data encryption key.