RE: Macintosh / PC hard drive security

[Stewart John H SSSD <StewartJH () SUPSHIP NAVY MIL>]

TechTool Pro from http://www.micromat.com/

It has a utility that meets the DoD criteria for overwriting disks

John Stewart
Information Systems Security Manager
(619) 556-2774
(619) 726-1580 (Cell/Pager)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Ritter [mailto:benritter () earthlink net]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:43 PM
To: Paul Carroll
Cc: 'Anthony, Shayla'; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Macintosh / PC hard drive security


Have you tried Apple's built in Disk Utility?
Give it a spin, application/Utilities/Disk Utility

Or try Norton's Disk Doctor.

On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 12:48 PM, Paul Carroll wrote:

> 1. Norton Utls for Mac
> 2. Shredit X for OS X
>
> Paul J Carroll
> Technical Manager
> 412.281.7488
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony, Shayla [mailto:shayla () exchange cis pitt edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:30 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Macintosh / PC hard drive security
>
>
> This may be a little odd to ask in this forum, but I was curious to 
> find out
> if there is a script out there available that is similar to debugging a
> partition on a PC hard drive for a MAC.
>
> Also, what would be a secure way to delete data from a hard drive of a 
> MAC
> that has *sensitive* information on it such as medical and patient
> information.
>
> Thanks,
> Shayla