> 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
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2018-May-09 11:14 UTC
[CentOS] OT: hardware: sanitizing a dead SSD?
Am 2018-05-09 13:00, schrieb Leon Fauster:>> 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 > ...?Lot's of specialized companies in that field. Some of our customers require a protocol of destruction for disks, with serial numbers.
On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 13:00 +0200, Leon Fauster wrote:> > 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 ...? >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8kwu3dm3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqW4djlQUoE P.
On 9 May 2018 at 07:18, Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> wrote:> On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 13:00 +0200, Leon Fauster wrote: >> > 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 ...? >> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8kwu3dm3o > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqW4djlQUoE >Yes. Depending on the data type, the 'dust' at the other end may need to be ground through another machine so that all parts are less than some specified size ( I think it was below 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm x0.5cm.) Then again depending on the data type, those bits are poured into concrete or taken to a specialized chemical incinerator.> P. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Stephen J Smoogen.