Confidential Data Storage and Deletion

[Prince25]

hi

With the decrease in cost of electronic storage media, more and more sensitive data gets stored in those media. Laptop computers regularly go missing, either because they are lost or because they are stolen. These laptops contain confidential information, in the form of documents, presentations, emails, cached data, and network access credentials.

 

[Nikolay Nikov]

Once information is on electronic devices nothing is 100% safe. The most confidential information should still be kept on paper.

 

[nayadaur]

If you want to keep your confidential data safe, encrypt your disk using software like TrueCrypt. For erasing or completely removing any traces of those files from your disk, use Eraser.