Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD?
On Tue, May 8, 2018, 2:35 PM <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:> Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD? > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosMost places I know shred them, even if they are not dead.> >
> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5- > cent.us > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 3:35 PM > To: CentOS <centos at centos.org> > Subject: [CentOS] OT: hardware: sanitizing a dead SSD? > > Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD?A five pound ball-peen hammer. Or if you're feeling adventurous, a few seconds in a microwave oven, but set it up outside, so as not to set off the smoke alarms. A drive grinding machine would do, but those are less fun for just a single drive. -- Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.
On 8 May 2018 at 15:34, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:> Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD? >SSD disks must be shredded as the data has been written over multiple sectors many times to 'even the writes'. This allows for even a 'dead' disk to be disassembled with 'off-the-shelf' equipment to extract items from the dead places. Depending on the data involved, there may be different levels of shredding and destruction of shreds required.> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Stephen J Smoogen.
> Am 08.05.2018 um 21:34 schrieb m.roth at 5-cent.us: > > Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD? >If you don?t want to shred, use full-disk-encryption (laptop/pc). In a server, shredding is probably the sanest option.
On Tue, 2018-05-08 at 15:46 -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:> SSD disks must be shredded as the data has been written over multiple > sectors many times to 'even the writes'. This allows for even a 'dead' > disk to be disassembled with 'off-the-shelf' equipment to extract > items from the dead places. Depending on the data involved, there may > be different levels of shredding and destruction of shreds required.Do SSDs have an inbuilt destroy mechanism, like hard disks do ? -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.
> Am 08.05.2018 um 21:46 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com>: > > On 8 May 2018 at 15:34, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it >> yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a >> dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD? >> > > SSD disks must be shredded as the data has been written over multiple > sectors many times to 'even the writes'. This allows for even a 'dead' > disk to be disassembled with 'off-the-shelf' equipment to extract > items from the dead places. Depending on the data involved, there may > be different levels of shredding and destruction of shreds required.What would someone use to do this? An industrial blender, circular saw ...? -- LF
Disclaimer: My $dayjob is with a government contractor, but I am speaking as private citizen. Talk to your organization's computer security people. They will have a standard procedure for getting rid of dead disks. We on the internet can't know what they are. I'm betting it involves some degree of paperwork. Around here, I give the disks to my local computer support who in turn give them the institutional disk destruction team. I also zero-fill the disk if possible, but that's not an official requirement. The disk remains sensitive until the process is complete. Jim
James Szinger wrote:> Disclaimer: My $dayjob is with a government contractor, but I am speaking > as private citizen. > > Talk to your organization's computer security people. They will have a > standard procedure for getting rid of dead disks. We on the internet > can't > know what they are. I'm betting it involves some degree ofpaperwork.> > Around here, I give the disks to my local computer support who in turn > give them the institutional disk destruction team. I also zero-fill thedisk> if possible, but that's not an official requirement. The disk remains > sensitive until the process is complete. >Federal contractor here, too. (I'm the OP). For disks that work, shred or DBAN is what we use. For dead disks, we do the paperwork, and get them deGaussed. SSD's are a brand new issue. We haven't had to deal with them yet, but it's surely coming, so we might as well figure it out now. mark