The integration of software and hardware Delivery

OMG! There’s a hard drive in my printer!

The IEEE has issued new data security standards for office printers and copy machines.

Is your networked printer a data breach waiting to happen?

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Hammer now able to access data on G-List sectors.
Comparison of hard drive erasure methods
NIST special publication 800-88 media sanitization guidelines

by Sean O’Leary

While most of the world has been scrambling to fend [...]

Comparing Software Overwriting to Hardware Devices for HDD Data Purging

Three key attributes separate software overwriting (clearing) HDD data sanitization methods from Secure Erase enabled hardware devices.

Firmware based Security Erase devices are able to access hidden partitions in order to erase hard drives

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Hammer now able to access data on G-List sectors.
Comparison of hard drive erasure methods
NIST special publication 800-88 media sanitization guidelines

by Michael [...]