Modern drive are of a much higher density so its likely they are more difficult to recover from. The reality is that for most commercial companies a DOD wipe is sufficient. But if people are really paranoid about their data then it should not be stored on the disk in the first place.
Alan
Hum…that comment of older vs newer drives seams reasonable. That would also explain why the paper was from 1996 and not from 2006.
Physical distruction, why wipe when you can grind it to dust.
Think of the stress releif you would give your IT team if you let them do that smashing and grinding and burning.
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No burning, please. You know… the toxic fumes and stuff.
No burning, please. You know… the toxic fumes and stuff.
I was suggesting if you had the facilities for incineration to allow the IT folks to throw it in the furnace.
Not some sorta pagan ritual that involves a bonfire, face paint, bongo drums and the ultimate sacrifice of magnetic media.
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