Why are companies concerned with data protection? In spite of several laws requiring businesses to protect and destroy sensitive customer information, there have been several breaches in the news where customer information has been inadvertently leaked. An MIT student recently conducted research on data security where he purchased used hard drives and found them to be filled with businesses' financial information as well as social security numbers and other private customer information. What can a company do to combat a potential disaster with customer information? One new product, whose development was initiated by the NSA, was created to be the most thorough solution to date for data destruction.
A Digital Shredder utilizes "Secure Erase", the safest and fastest technology to date, to delete the data. The hard disk is irrevocably erased and perfectly conditioned for re-use. This recycling is also good for the environment. The shredder is user-friendly, thanks to the touchscreen and the intuitive design. No need for lengthy set-up and training processes.
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An eraser will remove the data from a hard drive instantly and the hard drive will be ready for reuse.
The Advantages:
Secure Erase cannot be activated in normal operating mode. This prevents activation by accident or by a virus.
The erasing process also reliably erases defective sectors on the hard drive that overwriting software, for example, cannot detect.
On average, Secure Erase is 8 times faster than software that overwrites in triplicate.
Once the Secure Erase has been completed, the hard disk sends a confirmation code to the Digital Shredder, providing total process reliability.
The US guidelines on media disposal describe Secure Erase as "safer than overwriting". According to these guidelines, Secure Erase is more effective than any overwriting process, no matter how often it is repeated. This method is as safe, if not safer than, the demagnetising process assessed by the NSA.
If Secure Erase is not possible because the hard disk is too old, the Digital Shredder will detect this and automatically offer an alternative: overwriting the data three times.