Blancco Eliminates Growing Security Threat of Flash and Magnetic Media for Good.Permanently destroying information on USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. flash and ZIP drives See Zip disk. (hardware, storage) Zip Drive - A disk drive from Iomega Corporation which takes removable 100 megabyte hard disks. Both internal and external drives are manufactured, making the drive suitable for backup, mass storage or for moving files between computers. , SD and CompactFlash cards and other removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. helps to tackle the growing problem of data leaks in corporations. JOENSUU, Finland -- Blancco Ltd., a company recognised worldwide for its highly advanced and innovative data erasure ERASURE, contracts, evidence. The obliteration of a writing; it will render it void or not under the same circumstances as an interlineation. (q.v.) Vide 5 Pet. S. C. R. 560; 11 Co. 88; 4 Cruise, Dig. 368; 13 Vin. Ab. 41; Fitzg. 207; 5 Bing. R. 183; 3 C. & P. 65; 2 Wend. R. 555; 11 Conn. solutions has just released Blancco - Digital Media Shredder, a sophisticated software designed to securely destroy data on removable storage media. The flash edition of the software is designed especially for destroying data stored on various media such as USB flash drives See USB drive. , SD cards and CompactFlash. The magnetic edition destroys data stored on different types of magnetic storage media such as ZIP, JAZ and REV drives. "The rapid advancement in technology has led to removable storage media soaring in storage capacity and plummeting in price. An increasing number of companies are embracing the convenience and simplicity of removable media, however there are shockingly few who acknowledge the potential security risks associated with these devices," says Mr. Kim Vaisanen, Managing Director of Blancco Ltd. Several incidents over the past year have demonstrated the risk of information loss or theft from USB drives A flash memory card that plugs into the computer's USB port. Small enough to hook onto a keychain, it emulates a small disk drive and allows data to be easily transferred from one machine to another. , PDAs, removable hard drives and other media. In numerous cases, information had been recovered from formatted removable media. With freely available data recovery tools, data from formatted USB flash drives can be recovered within seconds. "The proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of flash and magnetic media has resulted in an exponential 1. (mathematics) exponential - A function which raises some given constant (the "base") to the power of its argument. I.e. f x = b^x If no base is specified, e, the base of natural logarthims, is assumed. 2. rise in incidents involving data leaks through removable storage media. These devices circulate around the office and anyone can recover past information from a single carelessly discarded USB drive causing severe consequences such as legal and financial battles, and companies owe it to themselves to close the security gap," states Mr. Vaisanen Blancco - Digital Media Shredder is a sophisticated, Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. compliant product that has been especially designed to give clients full control of their data enabling them to effectively erase data from their media in a fast, secure and simple manner. The software completely wipes the media clean rendering data recovery impossible. It is capable of simultaneously erasing multiple devices and conforms to recognised international erasure standards. Blancco - Digital Media Shredder is easy to install and extremely user friendly. About Blancco With several million end-users, an impressive clientele and a broad network of trusted partners, Blancco has proved to be the global specialist in the field of professional data destruction and computer reuse management. Founded in 1997, Blancco Ltd. has its corporate headquarters in Joensuu, Finland. Besides its 8 international offices, Blancco has partners in all continents and in more than 20 countries. For more information about Blancco Ltd. and its products and services, please visit www.blancco.com |
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