From businesses to individuals, numerous people either sell or dispose of their old computers when moving to a newer model. Before the computer is passed to a new owner or taken to an e-waste recycling facility, the contents are deleted to protect the sensitive and private information the previous user had saved on the hard drive.
However, many people don’t realize everything that goes into clearing private data off a computer. Deleting the files won’t remove them from the hard drive, and even clearing out the trash bin can still leave this information behind in an easily retrievable way. When the computer moves to a new owner, documents with bank information, personal items, and even surfing history can be opened and viewed. For businesses, this can cause a significant issue as proprietary information, client information, and employee information can all be found on the computers being used.
Short of hiring a professional to completely wipe all information from a hard drive prior to disposing of or selling a computer, there has yet to be an accurate way to know if the information that was once on that computer has genuinely been removed.
This has changed with the release of Secure Eraser from ASCOMP Software. This Windows software walks users through the process of entirely erasing and overwriting confidential information to an unrecoverable point, protecting the security of a business or individual.
What Secure Eraser provides for computer users
Secure Eraser by ASCOMP Software works with Windows to guide computer users through the process of entirely removing all private data from the computer’s hard drive. Even specialized software created for retrieving overwritten and erased data cannot recover what Secure Eraser has removed.
This intuitive platform is ideal for people at all levels of computer knowledge as it carefully walks them through each step. Sensitive data can be overwritten up to 35 times by Secure Eraser, regardless of the media type. This overwriting is completed with random data, making it impossible to recover.
Secure Eraser upholds US Department of Defense, German Industrial, and Peter Gutmann standards, facilitating a process that can be wholly relied upon.
Conclusion
The Managing Director of ASCOMP Software has often spoken on this issue, saying, “When disposing of waste equipment, companies must ensure in all circumstances that the relevant rules and requirements for the deletion of electronic data are met. This is the only way to be sure that highly sensitive and personal data will not fall into the wrong hands at some point.”
Secure Eraser is free through the ASCOMP Software website, allowing anyone complete access to this crucial software.
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