http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/08/is-it-time-to-smash-up-your-hard-drive/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/08/is-it-time-to-smash-up-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-155285 ken Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:20:33 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/08/is-it-time-to-smash-up-your-hard-drive/#comment-155285 There are free utilities to wipe drives by zeroing out sectors. You can do a quick wipe if there isn't much important info or you can have it run doing multiple wipes/writes that meet NSA standards. There are free utilities to wipe drives by zeroing out sectors. You can do a quick wipe if there isn’t much important info or you can have it run doing multiple wipes/writes that meet NSA standards.

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/08/is-it-time-to-smash-up-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-155225 John Franks Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:56:08 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/08/is-it-time-to-smash-up-your-hard-drive/#comment-155225 I like to pass along things that work, in hopes that good ideas make their way back to me. Data breaches and thefts are due to a lagging business culture – and people aren’t getting the training they need. As CIO, I look for ways to help my business and IT teams further their education. Check your local library: A book that is required reading is "I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium." It also helps outside agencies understand your values and practices. The author, David Scott, has an interview that is a great exposure: http://businessforum.com/DScott_02.html - The book came to us as a tip from an intern who attended a course at University of Wisconsin, where the book is an MBA text. It has helped us to understand that, while various systems of security are important, no system can overcome laxity, ignorance, or deliberate intent to harm. Necessary is a sustained culture and awareness; an efficient prism through which every activity is viewed from a security perspective prior to action. In the realm of risk, unmanaged possibilities become probabilities – read the book BEFORE you suffer a breach. I like to pass along things that work, in hopes that good ideas make their way back to me. Data breaches and thefts are due to a lagging business culture – and people aren’t getting the training they need. As CIO, I look for ways to help my business and IT teams further their education. Check your local library: A book that is required reading is “I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium.” It also helps outside agencies understand your values and practices.
The author, David Scott, has an interview that is a great exposure: http://businessforum.com/DScott_02.html –
The book came to us as a tip from an intern who attended a course at University of Wisconsin, where the book is an MBA text. It has helped us to understand that, while various systems of security are important, no system can overcome laxity, ignorance, or deliberate intent to harm. Necessary is a sustained culture and awareness; an efficient prism through which every activity is viewed from a security perspective prior to action.
In the realm of risk, unmanaged possibilities become probabilities – read the book BEFORE you suffer a breach.

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