Title :
Remembrance of data passed: a study of disk sanitization practices
Author :
Garfinkel, Simson L. ; Shelat, Abhi
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Many discarded hard drives contain information that is both confidential and recoverable, as the authors´ own experiment shows. The availability of this information is little publicized, but awareness of it will surely spread.
Keywords :
data privacy; disc drives; security of data; confidential information; discarded hard drives; disk sanitization; recoverable information; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Costs; Databases; Disk drives; File servers; Forensics; Information security; Marine vehicles; Market research; Retirement;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSECP.2003.1176992
