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5 Fatal Error IT Asset Managers Make Regarding Data
SecuritySurvey of 100 IT experts from companies in the Fortune 2000
revealed that more than 82% do not fully understand how to
completely eradicate the data from a drive being disposed.
By Arman Sadeghi
25 Fatal AssumptionsCompletely deleting or formatting a drive
eradicates the dataSSD media devices are just like regular
drivesThe person operating the wiping software knows how to
properly use itFailed drives that cannot be read at all are safe to
discardSecurely storing hard drives for future destruction
increases securityBonus: A multi-pass wipe or sheering are as
secure as shredding
3Completely deleting or formatting a drive eradicates the
dataHard drives like to lieSpeed before accuracyDeleting
filesFormatting disksConsumer-grade wiping softwareNumbers dont
lieThe 1s and 0sGone one minute but back the nextResidual
Magnetism
4Marker For Data Being Present
5Completely deleting or formatting a drive eradicates the
dataHard drives like to lieSpeed before accuracyDeleting
filesFormatting disksConsumer-grade wiping softwareNumbers dont
lieThe 1s and 0sGone one minute but back the nextResidual
Magnetism
6SSD media devices are just like regular drivesSSDs have changed
the rules for writing and eradicating dataKill SwitchATA Secure
EraseThe unknowns & Playing the catch-up game
7The person operating the wiping software knows how to properly
use it
Wiping drives securely is based 60% on the operator and only 40%
on the software.Mishandling of drives is often the cause of data
breeches.Most companies dont wipe enough drives to train experts at
wiping drives.
8Failed drives that cannot be read at all are safe to
discardDrives often fail during the wiping processDrives are often
found to have bad sectors that cannot be accessedSome hard drives
are completely dead and cannot be read by any deviceFailed and dead
drives often contain large amounts of easily accessible data.Data
that cannot be accessed by typical means is easily accessible by
alternative devices
9Securely storing hard drives for future destruction increases
securityWeve created a very secure location where drives with data
can be stored for future destruction.Every day a data containing
device is stored, the likelihood of a data breech increasesDrives
with data are often mistaken with previously wiped drives
10Bonus: A multi-pass wipe or sheering are as secure as
shreddingWiping a device is never as secure as
shreddingNever!Sheering drives leaves large amounts of data
untouchedPaper & Hard Drives cannot be shredded together.
11ConclusionFormatted drives are not wiped!SSD drives should be
handled differentlyHire or train an expert to handle dataFailed
drives still have dataSecure storage is not as safe as
destructionAlways shred, if possible
125 Fatal Error IT Asset Managers Make Regarding Data
SecurityArman [email protected]: (949)
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