Media Sanitization
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completely removing data from a storage device before disposal, decommissioning, or reuse, so no usable information remains
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note
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a one-way trip — once properly sanitized, there's no recovery even with forensics tools
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physical destruction methods
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shredder/pulverizer (complete destruction), drill/hammer (quick, destroys the platters), electromagnetic degaussing (removes the magnetic field, destroying data and rendering the drive unusable), incineration
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certificate of destruction
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when a third party performs the destruction, they should provide a certificate confirming the data was destroyed — a paper trail
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related
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