Just as businesses need to destroy sensitive data, so too is there a need to shred electronic data from computer drives.
With increases in technology, it is simply amazing how much data can be stored in such a small physical space, and how often that data is recoverable if only erased using standard methods.
For computers, the equivalent of shredding is called wiping. If data is wiped from a computer it means that cannot be restored by any means.
Data wiping can be accomplished by using software which overwrites files or by using a ‘secure delete’ command instead of the ‘regular delete’ command to the operating system.
Why doesn’t just deleting a document or file doesnt work?
On many computers and the many standard operating systems, simply deleting a file and sending it to the trash bin will not delete the contents of the file it all! It may show that new space is available on the disk and it may show the file as removed from the operating system index, when in fact only the reference to the document was removed well actual contents remain somewhere on the hard disk.
In fact, the file has only become...