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ACCESS TO DATA EQUIPMENT (Hard Drive Destruction (destroying the hard…
ACCESS TO DATA EQUIPMENT
Social Engineering
- tricking people into providing the necessary access information
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Data Wiping
- hard drive should be fully erased to prevent the posibility
- also known as secure erase is a software based method of overwriting the data
- deleting file from a hard drive does not remove them completely from the computer
- performed on hard drives containing sensitive data that are considered confidential
Hard Drive Recycling
low level format
- surface of the disk is marked with sector markers to indicate where data will be stored
- most often performed at the factory after the hard drive is built
standard format
- also called high level formatting a boot sector is created
- a standard format can only be performed after alow level complete
Hard Drive Destruction
- destroying the hard drive is the best option for companies with sensitive data
- data can still be recovered using advanced data forensic software
- to destroy software media (floppy disk and CDs) use a shreading machine designed
- ensure that data cannot be recovered from a hard drive, carefully shatter the platters with a hammer
- data should always establish clear policies for hard drive proposal