Active KillDisk Version 9 DATA SHEET Active@ KillDisk is a powerful and compact software utility that can completely and securely destroy all data on hard drives, removable disks, and flash media devices, without the possibility of future recovery. Exposing Confidential Data Wiping Confidential Data Complete Disk Erasing Confidential data stored on a hard drive can reside in spaces where data may have been stored temporarily. Active@ KillDisk’s Wipe method processes all unoccupied drive space so that data recovery of previously deleted files becomes impossible. Files may have been deleted by conveniently using the Windows Recycle Bin and then subsequently emptied but data can still reside on the storage media. Installed applications and existing data are not touched by this process. When you erase data with Active@ KillDisk, you destroy data permanently, conforming to any one of more than 20 methods including international standards or your own custom settings. Attackers who want to retrieve confidential data are becoming more resourceful by looking into places where data might be stored temporarily. An avenue of attack is the recovery of data from residual data on a discarded hard disk drive. Commands such as DELETE, FORMAT, and FDISK do not remove data as they merely change the FAT/MFT and ROOT table of contents on the file system leaving all the actual data on the disk untouched. When you wipe unoccupied drive space, the process is run from the provided bootable operating system. As a result, the wipe or erase process uses an operating system that is outside the local hard drive and is not impeded by Windows system caching. This means that deleted Windows system records can be wiped clean. Active@ KillDisk wipes unused data residue from file slack space, unused sectors, and unused space in MTF records or root records. Regardless of the operating system, file systems or type of machine, Active@ KillDisk can be started using a variety of bootable media to destroy all data on all storage devices.Thus it does not matter which operating systems or file systems are located on the machine currently, Active@ KillDisk bypasses them. By using Active@ KillDisk, all data on your, hard drive, floppy diskette, or removable flash media device can be destroyed permanently, without the possibility of future recovery. Disposal, recycling, selling or donating your storage device can be done with peace of mind that no confidential data has been left behind. Active@ Kill Disk © LSoft Technologies Inc. 1998-2014 Active Version 9 KillDisk How is the data erased? Active@ KillDisk communicates with the system Basic Input-Output Subsystem (BIOS) functions directly to access hardware and bypassing the Operating System & File System. This means that disk can be sanitized independently of installed OS & FS . To erase data it overwrites all addressable locations on the drive. Active@ KillDisk Professional complies to the US DoD 5220.22-M security standard requiring an overwrite of all addressable storage and indexing locations on the drive three times. The first pass is zeros (0x00), it’s complement (0xFF) on the second pass, and random characters on the third pass. A verification of data written occurs at the end as a confirmation. Disks can be erased individually or multiple disks can be erased simultaneously – in parallel. Active@ KillDisk for Linux Console is a new edition which runs in a console mode, providing the same functionality as GUI version. It is a replacement for the obsolete DOS version. This edition also comes with a bootable Linuxbased ISO image and the ability to create a bootable Linux-based USB flash stick. Logging and Reporting DATA SHEET us b Bootable Media Creation The software package includes a Universal Boot Disk Creator for the creation of CD/DVD/USB bootable media for all targets: Windows, Linux, Console & DOS. Active@ Boot Disk Creator helps you prepare a bootable CD/DVD/Blu-ray or USB mass storage device that you may use to start a machine and destroy all data on the hard drives even in automated mode. Boot Disk Creator can also setup command line parameters for the Active@ KillDisk startup. Run Bootable Disk Creator from the Windows Start menu (Windows platform), or launch BootDiskCreator executable under SuperUser account (Linux platform). Besides regular BIOS boot process, Linux-based boot disk (LiveCD) supports UEFI secure boot on x86 & x64 systems Automated Mode Erase sessions can be logged to keep a record of the storage device erasure including model number/serial number, erase method used and time/data occurred. The utility has a command line mode. It allows scripting of the erase procedure for automated execution without user intervention. A custom logo & technician information can be embedded into the erase/wipe certificate and saved in a PDF format. Erase log is written to the text file and can be exported as XML. Brief copy of erase log (fingerprint) can be written to a disk’s first sector and displayed next time you boot the disk.Notifications and reports can be also sent by e-mail. Example: A:\killdisk –ea -em=2 –nc -bm Application returns exit code is 0 (zero) if no errors detected, 1 (one) or 2 (two) - if errors or warnings occurred. An option to save the log and shutdown the PC after erase completes is also available. @ ctiv yA e 100% KillDisk sed b Era In this example it will automatically detect and erase all detected hard drives using DoD 5220.22 M data destruction method (3 passes) with no user interaction and return control to the calling application. Disk Viewer Guarantee Browse the contents, files and folders, before erasing. View raw disk sectors with use of Disk Viewer (displaying hex/ASCII symbols) to reveal disk data before or after an erase session. Active@ Kill Disk © LSoft Technologies Inc. 1998-2014 Active KillDisk Version 9 DATA SHEET Feature Set NEW True parallel erasing of several disks at the same time, independent sessions NEW Boot Disk Creator can pre-configure KillDisk startup using Command Line params NEW Universal Boot Disk Creator for CD/USB media for Windows, Linux & DOS targets NEW Linux-based boot disk (LiveCD) supports UEFI secure boot on x86 & x64 systems NEW Comments can be easily added to custom certificate for each erasing session NEW Latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite (WinPE-based) & Active@ LiveCD (Linux-based) NEW Fingerprint (date, erase method & status) can be placed to first disk's sector NEW Supports large-size disks (more than 4TB) & disks having 4kb sector size NEW User defined erase method can specify the pattern for each pass using Hex values Boot Disk Creator includes localization & memory testing options Logs can be exported to XML file format Provides Return Codes on exit when run from command-line Command line switch (-ns) to block user interaction while erase is in progress Creates PDF erase certificate which can be emailed upon completion of erasure Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive or logical partition Erases partitions, logical drives and unused disk space Supports IDE / ATA / SATA / SSD / SCSI hard drives Supports floppies, zip drives, FlashMedia drives Supports all detected hard disk drives Increased erase/wipe speeds over previous versions Supports Command Line mode (can be run without user interaction) Operates from DVD/CD or USB flash media Erasing report is created and can be saved as a text base file Enhanced Certificate provides for embedding a custom logo and info into erase/wipe report Displays detected drive and partition information Scans NTFS, FAT, exFAT HFS+ Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 volumes and displays existing files and folders Data verification may be performed after erasing is completed Disk Viewer allows you to preview any sector or file clusters on a drive Notifications and reports can be sent by e-mail Ability to send e-mail reports via pre-configured FREE SMTP account Save Log & Shutdown PC option after erase completed Active@ Kill Disk © LSoft Technologies Inc. 1998-2014 Active KillDisk Erases with user-defined pattern & number of passes: Erases with one-pass zeros Erases with one-pass random characters Erases with user-defined number of passes US Department of Defense 5220.22 M & ECE US Department of Energy M205.1-2 Version 9 DATA SHEET System Requirements: Windows application: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (x86 or x64) Windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012 Servers 28MB free disk's space 512MB RAM to run Boot Disk German VISTR Russian GOST p50739-95 Gutmann Bruce Schneier's algorithm Canadian OPS-II Canadian CSEC ITSG-06 British HMG IS5 Baseline & Enhanced Navso P-5329-26 (RL & MFM) NCSC-TG-025 US Army AR380-19 US Air Force 5020 NIST 800-88 Linux Console application: Tiny and fast utility for any PC: 1.3MB storage space for executable 64MB RAM for execution Bootable CD/USB to start from Linux application: Linux Kernel v. 2.6+ (x86 or x64) KDE, Gnome & other desktops 30MB free disk's space 1GB RAM to run LiveCD Helpful Online Resources: http://www.killdisk.com/system.htm http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm http://www.killdisk.com/history.htm http://www.killdisk.com/screen.htm http://www.killdisk.com/killdisk-faq.htm http://www.killdisk.com/automating_erasure_1.htm Active@ KillDisk Professional www.killdisk.com [email protected] (877) 477-3553 Active@ Kill Disk © LSoft Technologies Inc. 1998-2014