Dell Data Wipe

Question

Hello,

We have about 50 Optiplex devices in our company, each has data wipe option in BIOS. How can I be sure that all data are wiped for sure? I cannot find any technical information's about methods used to erase data. How can i be sure that data is erased?

Best,

Kamil

speedstep · Accepted Answer

Go to a local pottery barn and melt the hard drives into liquid in their kiln and you can be sure.

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Compatibility

All computers with an x86 architecture
All versions of Microsoft® Windows® (Windows 8 and 10 with disabled boot security)
Intel-based Mac computers (starting with OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard") that can boot from a CD
Linux machines that can boot from a CD

WipeDrive meets or exceeds all major national and international regulatory and technical standards including:

Sarbanes-Oxley
HIPAA
Common Criteria Evaluation
FACTA standards
NIAP's EAL4+ security standard
U.S. Department of Defense 5220.22-M
CSEC ITSG-06

Philip_Yip · Accepted Answer

Uses industry standard approved methods for data wipe such as Secure Erase for SATA and Sanitize for eMMC. See NIST Special Publication 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization for more details. https://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukdhs1/sln312291/dell-data-wipe?lang=en https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-88/rev-1/final