This is good advice. About two years ago, an Indianapolis TV station, doing a story on data security, purchased 3 random PCs second hand. As it turns out, these PCs had been owned by a VA facility. They found a file with the VA's HIV positive patients, other medical information, and, ironically, a copy of the security policies.
Gary Pritts Eagle Consulting Partners, Inc. 4415 Euclid Ave. #300 Cleveland, OH 44103 (216) 426-0519 voice (216) 432-0104 (fax) (216) 233-4960 (mobile) www.eagleconsultingpartners.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K.S. Bhaskar Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:02 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Hardhats-members] Reminder: if you donate PCs, wipe the disks If you plan to donate PCs, for example, to hurricane relief efforts, don't forget to wipe the disks clean (especially if there is a possibility of there being financial or health information on them). Simply uninstalling applications and deleting directories is not enough. Use something like Darik's Boot and Nuke (http://dban.sourceforge.net/). -- Bhaskar ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
