{"id":245,"date":"2014-02-02T22:22:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T05:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=245"},"modified":"2019-07-26T08:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:11:02","slug":"secure-delete-erase-confidential-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/secure-delete-erase-confidential-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Delete to Erase Confidential Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/secure-delete-erase-confidential-files\/#Secure_Delete_to_Erase_Confidential_Files\" >Secure Delete to Erase Confidential Files<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/secure-delete-erase-confidential-files\/#Secure_Delete_on_Hard_Drive\" >Secure Delete on Hard Drive<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/secure-delete-erase-confidential-files\/#DOD_522022-M_Data_Sanitization\" >DOD 5220.22-M Data Sanitization<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/secure-delete-erase-confidential-files\/#File_Shredder_Software\" >File Shredder Software<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Secure_Delete_to_Erase_Confidential_Files\"><\/span>Secure Delete to Erase Confidential Files<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to <strong>permanently delete<\/strong> confidential files from your <strong>hard drive<\/strong>, be sure that you follow a procedure for a <strong>secure delete<\/strong>.\u00a0 With a normal file delete, the data in the file is not erased.\u00a0 The disk space previously occupied by the file becomes available as <strong>free space<\/strong> for use, <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tech_Tips_120x80.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tech_Tips_120x80.jpg\" alt=\"Tech Tips\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>but it is not <strong>erased<\/strong> or <strong>overwritten<\/strong> until that free space on the hard drive is used to store another file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even if you <strong>re-format<\/strong> the hard drive, the old data is not erased.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t assume that if you want to sell or donate an old computer, you can just delete your files or reformat the drive.\u00a0 There is <strong>data recovery software<\/strong> available that could read your old data.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Secure_Delete_on_Hard_Drive\"><\/span>Secure Delete on Hard Drive<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To permanently delete files on a hard drive, you need to overwrite the old files with a useless <strong>data pattern<\/strong>.\u00a0 To eliminate <strong>residual magnetism<\/strong> that could be used to recover the original data, overwriting the old data 3 or more times provides more <strong>security<\/strong>.\u00a0 Overwriting is also known as <strong>sanitizing<\/strong>, <strong>wiping<\/strong> or <strong>file shredding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DOD_522022-M_Data_Sanitization\"><\/span>DOD 5220.22-M Data Sanitization<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can use a software utility program that follows the <strong>Department of Defense<\/strong> (<strong>DOD<\/strong>) <strong><span class=\"style21\"><span class=\"style18\">5220.22-M <\/span><\/span><\/strong>procedure to sanitize magnetic files on a hard disk.\u00a0 It is one of the most common sanitization methods used in <strong>data destruction<\/strong> software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DOD 5220.22-M data sanitization method is usually implemented in the following way:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Pass 1:<\/strong> Writes a zero and verifies the write<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pass 2:<\/strong> Writes a one and verifies the write<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pass 3:<\/strong> Writes a random character and verifies the write<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"File_Shredder_Software\"><\/span>File Shredder Software<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On my <strong>Windows PC<\/strong>, I have several programs that include a secure delete tool.\u00a0 It is included in the toolbox section of <strong>Advanced System Care<\/strong> (<strong>ASC<\/strong>) as\u00a0 <strong>IObit File Shredder<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can use it to delete files, a folder or the <strong>recycle bin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Glary Utilities<\/strong> includes a <strong>File Shredder<\/strong> and a <strong>Wipe Free Space<\/strong> choice in the advanced tools section.\u00a0 Some other software choices are <strong>Darik&#8217;s Boot And Nuke<\/strong> (<strong>DBAN<\/strong>), and <strong>Eraser<\/strong>.\u00a0 Similar programs are available for <strong>MAC<\/strong> and <strong>Linux<\/strong> systems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For additional security, you can store files using <strong>encryption software<\/strong> such as <strong>TrueCrypt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure that when you want to permanently delete a <strong>confidential<\/strong> file, or dispose of an old computer, you use <strong>secure delete<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you have already deleted some files without secure delete, you can use a <strong>wipe free space<\/strong> utility to overwrite those files.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/strong><\/a> services or <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/Colorado_Notary_Training.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Notary Training<\/strong><\/a> classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2014 ABC Legal Docs, LLC All rights reserved. Do not copy. Citations welcome. Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secure Delete to Erase Confidential Files If you want to permanently delete confidential files from your hard drive, be sure that you follow a procedure for a secure delete.\u00a0 With a normal file delete, the data in the file is not erased.\u00a0 The disk space previously occupied by the file becomes available as free space for use, but it is not erased or overwritten until that free space on the hard drive is used to store another file. Even if you re-format the hard drive, the old data is not erased.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t assume that if you want to sell or <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1095,919],"tags":[389,392,266,390,384,391,386,388,367,381,387,393,382,383,385,380],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-tech-tips","tag-5220-22-m","tag-asc","tag-confidential","tag-data-destruction","tag-data-recovery","tag-dban","tag-disk-wipe","tag-dod","tag-encryption","tag-erase","tag-file-shredder","tag-glary","tag-overwrite","tag-re-format","tag-sanitize","tag-secure-delete","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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