As storage media evolves, security professionals are faced with ever changing destruction challenges. Obviously paper is easy to deal with, but what about CDs/DVDs? Cell phones? Flash memory cards? USB drives? and other media that hasn’t even been dreamed up yet? When it comes to these items, a mixed media …
To be certain they are functioning properly, NSA Guidelines suggest that degaussers “should be re-tested periodically according to manufacturer’s recommendations”.
Many new degaussers feature a magnetic field strength indicator that provides instant feedback to the operator. If the indicator displays the minimum required field strength or greater, the unit will …
There are two basic technologies used in Magnetic Media Degaussers to sanitize storage media. One is based on Permanent Magnet Technology and the other on Electromagnetic Technology. Both types are capable of generating powerful magnetic fields.
Electromagnetic degaussers remove data from magnetic media (hard drives, data tapes, etc.) …
f you operate or manage a public company or a non-public company with publicly traded debt securities, you’ve certainly heard of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002. This law is also aptly referred to as the “Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act” or the “Public Company Accounting Reform …
With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in effect for almost a year now, even US-based companies are feeling its impact and the need to comply with stricter data security policies. Indeed, it likely won’t be long before the US creates its own set of national data privacy laws that all …
We’ve all had a point in our lives when we need to purchase something that we know we need but don’t know much about.
Maybe you’re in a store looking for something, with eyes frantically browsing the shelves looking at all the different items. Trying to distinguish the difference between …
It seems like we can’t go a week without hearing about a data breach or a situation in which personal data has been compromised. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated in their antics and there is very little we can do to stop cyber attacks from happening.
We can, however, …
