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March 20, 2009  1:35 AM

Another Little Known Tool to Securely Delete Files, Folders, and Volumes



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Cryptography, Data destruction, Data sanitization, Encryption, Opinion, Secure drive wipe, Security, Security management

Why, all of a sudden, is everyone concerned about secure file deletion? I hesitate to say it’s a sign of the poor economy, but perhaps people consider it even more important to protect their personal information when the idea of losing control of their assets—and their...

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January 18, 2009  1:34 AM

The Great Drive Wiping Controversy Settled at Last



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Data destruction, Data sanitization, Secure Computing, Secure drive wipe, Security

How many times do you have to overwrite a hard drive in order to securely wipe it? This question has been at the center of an ongoing controversy for a long time. On the one hand, we've had Peter Gutmann saying it takes 35 passes (Gutmann, P.  (1996) “

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