"New Consortium Promotes Proper Data Sanitization Practices"

The International Data Sanitization Consortium (IDSC) has been developed by a group of security experts to provide guidance in the process of properly sanitizing data on hardware devices such as hard drives within data centers, medical equipment, automobiles, wearables, and more. The reformatting and resetting of hard drives is ineffective in the sanitization of data from hardware devices as easily accessible forensics tools can be used to recover deleted files. This article further discusses the purpose of the IDSC, common misconceptions surrounding the process of sanitizing data, and the importance of implementing a mature data security lifecycle policy. 

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