Verify Data is Destroyed
Eradicating data ensures the adversary never gains access. The emerging threat of quantum computing increases the importance of proper data sanitization.
The standard for SSD sanitization is crypto and block erasure. However, these approaches do not ensure that all data is destroyed. Recognizing this risk, the NSA issued Manual 9-12, providing specific, detailed guidance for the physical destruction of drives to prevent data recovery.
Cigent provides a patented alternative with firmware-level, block-by-block analysis that verifies that all data is erased. Combined with the ability to execute local, remote, or rules-based commands, Cigent verified data erasure provides full-proof data sanitization.
Crypto erase destroys the encryption key required to access encrypted data. The encrypted data remains on the storage device but is effectively impossible to decrypt. Crypto erase executes in milliseconds making it ideal in emergencies.
Block erasure erases solid-state drives (SSDs) by using the drive's internal functions to erase each block electrically. Block erasure permanently deletes data on an SSD.
Patented firmware capability provides block-by-block analysis of the drive to ensure all data has been permanently erased. Policy can continue to erase data until confirmation that all data has been destroyed.
Cigent provides the option of initiating execution commands locally or remotely. Cigent provides an enterprise management console deployed locally or in the cloud and a Command Line Interface (CLI) to execute erasure.
