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With several million end-users, an impressive clientele and a
broad network of trusted partners, Blancco has proved to be the global
specialist in the field of professional data destruction and computer reuse
management. Founded in 1997, Blancco Ltd. has its corporate headquarters in
Joensuu, Finland. Besides its 8 international offices, Blancco has partners in
all continents and in more than 20 countries. In 2006 Deloitte ranked Blancco in
Fast 50 as one of fastest growing technology companies in Finland.
- editor's comments:- June 2009 - Blancco has published a number of
articles on its Data Erasue website.
"There are no standards which state how the data on flash drives should be
erased." - is a quote from Blancco's article -
Removing Data from
flash SSDs. |
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| Sanitization Methods for
Cleaning Up Hard Disk Drives |
Removing the data on
old unwanted disk drives has become a concern for all users.
Pointsec found that
they were able to read 7 out of 10 hard-drives bought over the Internet
at auctions such as eBay, for less than the cost of a McDonald's meal, all of
which had "supposedly" been "wiped-clean" or "re-formatted".
This article reviews the various methods available to sanitize hard disks along
with the advantages and disadvantages in each case....read the article | |
