On 5/16/07, Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
...
>
> WipeDisk has four modes of wiping you can select from:
>
>    NISPOMC One pass over the disk (write)
>    (meets NISPOM section 8-306, option "c")
>
>    NISPOMD Four passes (3 write, 1 read)
>    (meets NISPOM section 8-306, option "d")
>
>    HIPAA Six passes (3 of (write, read))
>    (meets Department of Health and Human Services requirements)
>
> and the most ridiculously toughest:
>
>    ACSI33 Nine passes (W,r,W,r,W,W,W,W,W)
>    (meets the Australian Government's Department of Defence's
>    Information Technology Security Manual ACSI 33, section 3.4.39,
>    2006-09-29)
>
> NISPOM refers to the U.S. Department of Defense 5220.22-M National
> Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) January 1995
> Department of Defense - Department of Energy - Nuclear Regulatory
> Commission - Central Intelligence Agency U.S. Government Printing
> Office ISBN 0-16-045560-X (see section 8-306, Clearing and
> Sanitization Matrix, option "c").

Option "c" is only for clearing, not sanitizing.

Option "d" does sanitize, but not for the higher levels of security.

Option "m" meets all levels of DoD standards for sanitizing disks --
the only one to do so.


Even your "ridiculously toughest" does not erase/clear/sanitize any
sparred tracks/sectors, or does it?

Peter M. Eggers, CISSP

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