Q: Why the need to ensure that electronic data in storage media are securely erased and destroyed?
A: By simply discarding obsolete or damaged storage media, traces of sensitive information are being left behind and can be recovered easily. This compromises the security of the confidential data.
Q: Why isnt smashing or drilling holes on storage media a secured means of destruction?
A: Data can still be recovered by a process known as MFM (Magnetic Force Microscopy)
Q: How then to ensure that data are erased securely?
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Degaussing – Using secure data destruction equipment to permanently eliminate data from magnetic media.
Shredding – Using secure data destruction equipment to completely pulverize and reduce the media to dust.
Disintegration – Using secure data destruction equipment to destroy bulk materials into particles that cannot be reconstructed. |
Q: What needs to be sanitised?
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• CDs and DVDs
• Hard Drives
• All forms of Magnetic Media
• Optical and Flash Drives |
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