Re: Open Source or Freeware File / Free Space Erasers

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Hi,

We use <http://eraser.heidi.ie/> to redact sensitive information that need to be securely erased.

Welcome to the Eraser Home Page!Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by 
overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Eraser is currently supported under Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows Server 2003 (with 
Service Pack 2), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

Enjoy!
Joel Rosenblatt

Joel Rosenblatt, Director Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
Public PGP key
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90BD740BCC7326C3


--On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:06 PM +0000 "Tonkin, Derek K" <Derek_Tonkin () BAYLOR EDU> wrote:

> Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or very low cost product for doing secure file erasures?  Having secure 
> free space wipe functionality would be a
> big plus.  Our main concern is that the software be simple to setup and use and be safe (basically, we don't want the 
> free space wipe to result in a bricked
> machine).  This is for a very short term use and management features are not desired.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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Joel Rosenblatt, Director Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
Public PGP key
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90BD740BCC7326C3