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Crypto-shredding is the deletion of encrypted data by deletion of the encryption key.

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I bought a second-hand laptop from a stranger. My (totally unjustified) concern is that there might be malware on the device. According to this answer, there is no easy fix if it's malicious firmware. ...
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I have a compliance question around crypto shredding and CCPA. I'm basically just wondering if crypto shredding is sufficient to comply with the CCPA customer deletion requests. I know that crypto ...
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How can I determine the exact start byte and exact end byte of a LUKS header on a block storage device? I use Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) for Full Disk Encryption (FDE), so all of the data on my ...
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I like to overwrite my harddisk with random data. Since /dev/urandom as source is too slow to overwrite a large amount of data in a reasonable time, I'm looking for a good alternative. These two ...
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I was wondering, how is crypto-shredding implemented in an environment, where data backups/mirroring is mandatory for the "key database" - as it must not be possible to lose the machine/db with all ...
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Normally when you wipe a drive there are still ghost remains of the data even after overwriting the disk multiple times. So I was wondering if you could encrypt the drive and then overwrite the ...
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I'm studying for the CCSP exam and I think I'm missing something here... In reviewing data destruction/disposal methods, I'm aware that an on-premise IT environment has several options: Physical ...
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