Re: Equipment Disposition - Disk Drive "Sanitization"

[Michael_Maloney <Michael_Maloney () MIDDLESEXCC EDU>]

Connie,

We use a utility called KILLDISK to wipe drives not only before they are
disposed of, but before they are re-used in another PC on campus.

It's a small, boot floppy utility, it allows you to erase all types of
drives (Floppy, IDE/ATA, SCSI, ZIP, etc),  and is conforms to the Dept of
Defense requirements for disk cleaning. It also allows you to clean 4 drives
at a time.  Best of all, it's very affordable.

The URL for them is http://www.killdisk.com


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Mike Maloney
Sr. System Engineer
Middlesex County College
2600 Woodbridge Avenue
Edison, NJ 08818
Phone: 732-906-7754
Cell: 908-217-2086
Fax: 732-906-4266
Email: Michael_Maloney () middlesexcc edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sadler, Connie [mailto:Connie_Sadler () BROWN EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:46 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Equipment Disposition - Disk Drive "Sanitization"

Can others share what they are doing with regard to ensuring that
information is properly overwritten before a computer is transferred or
disposed of?

We have an agreement with a third party to destroy all drives that are
disposed of - and we also have a form that is filled out when systems are
transferred or "gifted". But we need to tighten this up. I'd like each
department to take responsibility for this and sign off on the form in such
a way that they are accountable for information that gets past the process.
But there is pushback on this (surprise!).

Do others have processes that work well for them?

Thanks much...

Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM
Director, IT Security, Brown University
Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912
Connie_Sadler () Brown edu
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Office: 401-863-7266

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