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Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives
From: "Jones, Justin" <jucjones () IU EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:03:44 +0000
Hi Ryan- In my organization we use gparted to wipe SSDs and flash drives, I have also used both the shred and dd commands to wipe SSDs and flash drives as well. sudo shred -v -z /dev/sdX (where X is the letter for the USB drive.) sudo dd if=dev/urandom of=dev/sdX bs=1M or 512 (where X is the letter for the USB drive.) There is also a version of DBAN for purchase that will handle SSDs and flash drives. I have also been told to look at the manufacturers website, but I have never had any luck with that working. Justin Jones Vice President for Research IT Client Support | Hardware | Security 980 Indiana Ave Lockefield Village 812-855-0917 From: The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> On Behalf Of White, Ryan Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:48 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [External] [SECURITY] Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives This message was sent from a non-IU address. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. BHC is looking for a program to erase hard drives and flash drives. What programs do you recommend to completely wipe USB and Hard Drives? We are currently using an open source program when the need arises but that doesn't erase flash drive and Solid State Drives. Any input would be appreciated! Ryan White Co-CIO / IT Systems Manager 309-796-5194 | <mailto:whitery () bhc edu> whitery () bhc edu 6600 34th Ave, Moline, Il 61265 <http://www.bhc.edu/> www.bhc.edu ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
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- Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives White, Ryan (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Doug Brooks (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Jones, Justin (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Jonathon Poling (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Kevin Wilcox (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Todd Watson (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Rob Milman (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Hart, Michael (Sep 26)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Brad Judy (Sep 30)
- Re: [External] Re: [SECURITY] Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Robert Freeman-Day (Sep 30)
- Re: [External] Re: [SECURITY] Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives John McCabe (Sep 30)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Vince Vargiya (OculusIT) (Sep 30)
- Re: Fully Erase Hard and Flash Drives Todd Watson (Sep 26)