Secure Data Wiping and Recovery Tools

In the past I worked on few file / data recovery and secure hard drive wiping projects. Before throwing away your old servers, laptop and other storage media, make sure to securely wipe it, try the recovery tools to retrieve data and work from there. Using encryption on your storage media is recommended. Instead, I’ll focus in this post on testing recovery and secure shredding options.

These are good free and licensed tools. Here is the list of tool I worked in the past and got recommendations from fellows. My recommended list is highlighted in orange.

Bundle Tools:

These two products are .ISO images which contain tens of free / open source tools including the once to recover deleted files and securely wipe hard drives.

1.       UBCD                                    http://www.ultimatebootcd.com

2.       UBCD4Win                         http://www.ubcd4win.com 

File Recovery Tools:

1.       PCInspector                       http://www.pcinspector.de

2.       PiriForm Recuva               http://www.piriform.com/recuva

3.       Kroll Ontrack                     http://www.ontrack.com/freedownloads

4.       Undelete Plus                   http://undeleteplus.com

5.       DiskInternals Uneraser   http://www.diskinternals.com/download

6.       WinUndelete                    http://www.winundelete.com/download.asp

7.       RecoverMyFiles               http://www.recovermyfiles.com

Secure Wiping Tools:

1.       Darin Boot and Nuke       http://www.dban.org

2.       Piriform CCleaner             http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

3.       Eraser                                 http://eraser.heidi.ie/

4.       Sysinternals sDelete        http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443

5.       KillDisk                               http://www.killdisk.com

6.       Secure Erase                     http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml

7.       Acronis Disk Cleanser      http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/drivecleanser/

8.       WipeDrive                         http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive-erase-hard-drive.php

9.       Ubuntu Live CD                 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15037/use-an-ubuntu-live-cd-to-securely-wipe-your-pcs-hard-drive/

10.   RoadKil                                http://www.roadkil.net/downloads.php

11.   DiskDoctors                        http://www.diskdoctors.net/

12.   CBL Data Shredder            http://www.cbldatarecovery.com/data-shredder/

Few Reference Articles on This topic:

1.       http://www.gizmodo.com/5489933/leave-no-trace-how-to-completely-erase-your-hard-drives-ssds-and-thumb-drives

2.       http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/incident/secure-file-deletion-fact-fiction_631

3.       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_erasure

4.       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_recovery

5.       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_recovery_software

Microsoft Partner Programs Options for Businesses

Microsoft offers lots of resources and partner programs for partners and startups.

 

Here is the link on Microsoft Partner channels you can use for your company.

http://rcpmag.com/Articles/2011/08/01/Hidden-in-Plain-Sight.aspx?p=1

 

 

Six MS Partner Channels for Companies

 

1.       Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS)

https://partner.microsoft.com/40016455

 

2.       Microsoft Action Pack Development & Design

https://partner.microsoft.com/40132997

 

3.       Microsoft Technet

www.technet.com

or

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb892756.aspx

 

4.       Microsoft Partner Silver / Gold Competency

https://partner.microsoft.com/40109866

 

5.       Microsoft Cloud Partner

http://www.microsoftcloudpartner.com

 

6.       Microsoft BizPark for Partners (Give you free full MSDN access)

http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

 

7.       Microsoft MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/subscriptionschart.aspx

 

 

Microsoft Student to Business (S2B) is another program I mentioned earlier

http://www.microsoft.com/studentstobusiness/home/default.aspx

 

Free Microsoft Development Resource

http://www.msdev.com

 

Microsoft Bizpark is free for startup, privately held and under $1M business. These options will give you access to Microsoft resources to help you grow the business.

 

Sharepoint 2010 Overview - What it is and what it can do

One of my previous presentation on Sharepoint 2010. It covers basic features of Sharepoint 2010 for new users, Managers and decision makers. I would call it a 'bird-eye view of Sharepoint 2010' functionality as Sharepoint 2010 offers lot more to businesses than just the overview topic discussed here.

Sharepoint 2010 overview - what it is and what it can do

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Sharepoint Saturday Twin Cities Oct 29th 2011 - Free Event

Join this upcoming free SharePoint Saturday event on October 29 2011.

 

https://twitter.com/#!/faisalmasoodCOM/status/129381274061254657

 

Location:

Normandale Community College

9700 France Ave South

Bloomington, MN

 

Register now if you are interested as seats are limited.

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2000763337

 

 

Softvative Video - Linksys 003 - Connecting WRT54G WiFi Router with E3000 Wirelessly

The video covers how to connect Linksys WRT54G WiFi router with Linksys E3000 Wirelessly.