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New file shredder enters software market
File Shredder? Again? Not this time, let’s talk
about new file shredder that will not require user’s activity, which will
work in background and make the file deletion more secure, supporting even
temporary and cached files.
Does
it worth wiping sensitive file?
If
you concerned about your privacy then I'm sure you know about file shredders
and what they do. These tools address the security problems associated with
deletion operation. In Windows ® operation system user cannot do a secure
deletion of files. This means that anyone who has access to your computer or
to the hard disk of your computer can recover your deleted files.
Let
me list some facts and questions that often discussed when we talk about
secure deletion of files.
- The
first fact is that any deleted file can be recovered. There is no need
to buy expensive tools, even freeware file recovery utility can do this
job for you or for other person.
- The
second fact is that pressing delete + shift keys don’t make file
irrecoverable. Anyone can still recover your sensitive information.
- The
third fact is that emptying Recycle Bin will not help secure your files
too.
So
why developers of operation system don’t include this feature? A good
question, and the answer is that we actually don’t want all files to be
irrecoverable. There is a chance that you might delete some really important
file. Developers of operation system give you a choice – to use or not to
use file shredders. Those who are concerned about security prefer to user
file shredders.
Why use file shredders
There
are a lot of ways to secure your files. Some works well, other don’t
actually help. The most popular approach is wiping free disk space
regularly. This is a good idea, but you must have in mind that you will be
able to wipe free space only in the end of working day or week, so some
files and information could be recovered before this. Also, some software
products silently delete and create files, so wiping free space is not a
100% guaranty of file security. Our research shows that wiping free space
will cover only 90% of all deleted information. What are others 10%? It’s
temporary files and cached files. In other words it’s your sensitive data
and internet browser history. More over, wiping free space is a routine,
time-taking computer task that may be a real hassle for your security
administrator.
Another
idea is to use a file shredder every time you wish to securely delete your
file. It’s a great idea as you know what files are really important and
should be deleted without possibility to recover. The bad news is that you
will need to do some additional steps to process file to file shredder. But
in most cases it is just few more clicks. Not a big price to stay secure.
What
are typical security holes?
Actually,
there are some security holes. First, we should consider files that are
created by programs silently, these files can be a cached data or temporary
file that office programs always creates. In this case file shredder simply
doesn’t know what to wipe! As temporary file may actually appear at your
hard disk for a second, but will contain a valuable information.
For
sure, wiping free space is performing better, but remember that it will wipe
only space that is actually free. It will not consider cached data (the
history and cache or your internet browser), it will not consider some
sectors just because the shredder could damage your data.
Another
security risk is remote users that may access your hard disk by network. You
don’t know what do these users do, if they delete files or not. Due to
security limitation, these users will not be able to use a file shredder at
your hard disk.
How to wipe all deleted files?
What
you need to look at is a file shredder that works in background mode.
Actually, you need a file shredder that will capture all deletion operation
that your system do. In this case, you won’t need to drop files to file
shredder, as it captures all deletion operation and can “see” all file
that you do delete. Also, the problem of temporary files will be solved as
other program utilize a common system interface to delete files and it will
be possible to capture all operations with temporary and cached files.
What is associated with temporary
files?
Are
temporary and cached file a great security risk? Actually, they are. For
instance, temporary files of office wording tools contains a copy of all
file text data. So anyone who recover temporary file will have access to
your sensitive data. For sure, wiping free space can do 90% of job you need
to be done for deleted sensitive files, but there are still from 2-5% of
files that could be recovered and might contain sensitive information.
For
instance, if you clear cookies or cache of your web-browser, you
cannot use file shredder utility. Also, the hard disk space dedicate
to cached file will still be occupied, this means that wipe free space will
not actually secure this information. In this case only background mode file
shredder will be able to wipe files in a proper way.
Shredding hardware
It’s
a good idea to use background mode file shredder to stay secure now. Does
this method guaranty 100% privacy? Actually not. There still might be some
chance of recovering files. So, if you will ever need to completely destroy
data, then you will need to destroy computer hard disk physically. As for
other purposes, for instance when you need to provide day to day file
security– using background file shredder is a great option.
File shredders: conclusion
Actually,
it was the art when only security admin knew about tools we had to use.
Various file shredders, wiping free space every weekend and so on. For now,
ask your security admin to install a background mode file shredder and
…forget about your security risks. Well, you still might face a problem as
wiping operation is a little longer that deletion. So it would be great if
you could fine tune your shredder to wipe only specific files or files
within a specific location. In this way you will save your time and will
still stay secure.
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