6.1.3 Guaranteed Destruction of Confidential Information: Standards
The Acronis DriveCleanser application offers the guaranteed destruction of
confidential information on magnetic hard disks with the help of special
algorithms.
Acronis DriveCleanser algorithms guarantee compliance with most known
national standards:
(1) American: U.S. Standard, DoD 5220.22-M;
(2) American: NAVSO P-5239-26 (RLL);
(3) American: NAVSO P-5239-26 (MFM);
(4) German: VSITR;
(5) Russian: GOST P50739-95.
Besides algorithms corresponding to national standards, Acronis
DriveCleanser supports pre-defined algorithms proposed by well-known and
authoritative specialists in the field of information security:
(6) Peter Gutmann’s algorithm – data on hard disk is destroyed with 35
passes;
(7) Bruce Schneier’s algorithm – data is destroyed with 7 passes.
The Acronis DriveCleanser also supports simple but fast algorithms for
information destruction that provide a single hard disk pass with all sectors
zeroed.
The major feature of the Acronis DriveCleanser is the opportunity for you to
create your own algorithms for data destruction.
Detailed information on data destruction standards is given in Appendix A.
«Hard Disk Wiping Algorithms» of this Guide.
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