Over the last 17 years we have all heard of DoD 5220.22-M 3-pass. It has been touted as the standard for data sanitization. The problem that I see with this is that it is a standard that the technology has outgrown. The exact verbiage used in the matrix in the original document that has everyone stuck is “Overwrite all [...]
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8 Jun
New York is the 23rd state to pass an e-waste law
Extended producer responsibility continues to gain steam, since 2006 23 states have signed the e-waste law that requires producers of electronics to manage the cost of seeing their products through to the end of life in an environmentally compliant way. New York is the most recent state to pass the law: New York State Crack [...]