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What particular devices and processes are available to destroy hard drives, per DoD 5220.22-M?
DoD 5220.22-M specifies the following methods for destruction of hard drives with classified data:
Disintegrate
Incinerate
Pulverize
Shred
Melt
I've seen shredders of the type that might be used ...
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How do you destroy an old hard drive?
How do you destroy an old hard drive? To be clear, unlike questions Secure hard drive disposal: How to erase confidential information and How can I reliably erase all information on a hard drive? I do ...
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Best method of retiring hard drives
What are some typical ways you guys retire hard drives? We have a hard drive that won't mount anymore (makes clicking sounds when it tries to mount). The data on it isn't necessarily sensitive (no ...
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How can I reliably erase all information on a hard drive?
As storage technologies change over time, using different encodings and remappings to deal with sector errors, the best way to permanently erase/wipe/shred data changes also.
Methods for flash drives ...
