I think what is being overlooked in this discussion is what is the corporate policy regarding the erasing of disk media.
In planning to erase disk media it's important to seek the advice of the corporate IT Security advisor or IT auditor and get sign-off as to what is the approved methodology for erasing disk media. For a government entity there is more than likely to be a much more stringent requirement than a straight forward ICKDSF volume erase. Stephen Mednick Computer Supervisory Services Sydney, Australia Asia/Pacific representatives for: Innovation Data Processing, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Don Williams Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2012 4:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: dsf to write over entire volume Yes, ICKDSF can erase volumes, but I don't think IBM guarantees that it is a secure erase function. There might be situation where residual data is still readable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
