Why not have the applications encrypt sensitive data before they write it. Seems to me that this is the logical place to protect data. DASD shredding would become an academic argument...
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Niall > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Data Erasure Products > > How about encrypting the volume in its entirety before deletion? > > I've been through the DR/deletion exercise a few times, and used an in- > house > utility to overwrite the disk. If available, however, would encryption > not > be a possible solution in that even if a shadow of the data were left, > it > should at least be in a format that is not readable? > > I ask because some sites may already have invested in an encryption > tool, > and it might be an imaginative use of an existing asset. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
