Remembrance of data passed: a study of disk sanitization practices

1 January 2003

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Security & Privacy

Vol. 1 (1) , 17-27
https://doi.org/10.1109/msecp.2003.1176992

Abstract

Many discarded hard drives contain information that is both confidential and recoverable, as the authors' own experiment shows. The availability of this information is little publicized, but awareness of it will surely spread.

Keywords

DISK DRIVES
RETIREMENT
COSTS
MARKET RESEARCH
MARINE VEHICLES
FORENSICS
FILE SERVERS
DATABASES
INFORMATION SECURITY
ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

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