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RE: Hard Drive data security
From: "David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:09:16 -0700
Why do they want your bad hard drive anyway?
Most security threats are, if not completely internal, dependent on an insider for some component of the attack. Even companies that don't understand computer security often have some clue about securing other parts of their business against various risks. In this case, there's a risk that an unscrupulous insider could derive benefit or profit by "leaking" spare drives, covering their tracks by recording them as "customer replacements". Collecting the replaced drive allows this aspect of the support operation to be audited easily, and minimizes the opportunity for such misappropriation. Obviously, though, there's no need for them to be able to read any data on such drives. David Gillett
-----Original Message----- From: tony tony [mailto:tonytorri () yahoo com] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:43 PM To: Jonathan Loh; Paul Kurczaba; security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Hard Drive data security Paul, Try the non-techie approach....after they verify that your hard drive is bad...then take a hammer to the disk...pound on it a few dozen times...then give it to them. Why do they want your bad hard drive anyway? --- Jonathan Loh <kj6loh () yahoo com> wrote:Use eraser, or norton wipe, or some other tool to erase thewhole thing.Eraser is a free utility. But note this only works if thecompany uses justanother computer to try to recover your data. If they use scanning microscopy well then...... but that's expensive. That's if you can access the drive. If you can't powerfulmagnets workreally well. Just make sure the harddrive is out of the computerwhen you do that.--- Paul Kurczaba <paul () myipis com> wrote:Hi, I have a question about hard drive data security. Thehard drive on mynotebook is failing and Dell is going to replace it. Theyare going to takethe old one with them. How can I securely remove the datafrom the harddrive? Thanks, Paul__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail===== Tony T. CISSP, CISA, CDP, CIA Senior IS Security & Risk Manager 360.906.7893 (Work) Northern Telecom LLP
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- RE: Hard Drive data security, (continued)
- RE: Hard Drive data security xyberpix (Oct 05)
- Re: Hard Drive data security Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Oct 06)
- Re: Hard Drive data security Atom 'Smasher' (Oct 07)
- RE: Hard Drive data security xyberpix (Oct 05)
- Auditing a Win2K box xyberpix (Oct 07)
- Re: Auditing a Win2K box Marco Bellini (Oct 07)
- Re: Auditing a Win2K box Josh Mills (Oct 07)
- RE: Hard Drive data security Paris E. Stone (Oct 06)
- RE: Hard Drive data security Atom 'Smasher' (Oct 07)
- Re: Hard Drive data security Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Oct 07)
- Re: Hard Drive data security tony tony (Oct 12)
- RE: Hard Drive data security David Gillett (Oct 13)
- RE: Hard Drive data security D. Weiss (Oct 14)
- Re: Hard Drive data security Kirk Schafer (Oct 15)
- Re: Hard Drive data security Ghaith Nasrawi (Oct 15)
- RE: Hard Drive data security ssaehrig (Oct 15)
- Re: Hard Drive data security GuidoZ (Oct 15)
- Re: Hard Drive data security GuidoZ (Oct 15)
- RE: Hard Drive data security Chris Carter (Oct 18)
- Re: Hard Drive data security (slightly OT) Kirk Schafer (Oct 19)
- Re: Hard Drive data security (magnet link) Kirk Schafer (Oct 19)