Originally published on TechTarget By John Edwards Donating a used SSD may seem like a nice thing to do, but not if you want to keep your data secure. SSD disposal and recycling are more complicated than you might think. SSD technology is evolving rapidly. As prices fall, speed and…
It’s definitely fire season here in California. Once again, we find ourselves overwhelmed with blazes statewide, including the devastating Carr and Mendocino Complex fires that have made the news worldwide. DriveSavers published a handful of articles last fire season that remain relevant today. What to do with your fire-damaged device…
Award presented in recognition of DriveSavers advanced capabilities recovering flash memory devices SANTA CLARA, Calif.– DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic solutions, has received the 2018 Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application Award at the Flash Memory Summit held at the Santa Clara Convention Center…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Effective today, NIST’s Computer Security Division just updated their recommended guidelines by eliminating eleven SP 800 publications. Adding by Subtracting How would eliminating security recommendations be an improvement? These eleven publications all reference technology that is out of date or no longer used,…
Speaker event: Data Needed from Drones? Yes, and the Data is Rich. Recovery of a Drone. Tuesday, August 7 at 9:45 AM – 10:50 AM At Flash Memory Summit Santa Clara Convention Center https://www.facebook.com/events/283337175752968/ Paper Title: Data needed from Drones? Yes, and the data is rich. Recovery of a drone…
Originally published by TidBits. By Josh Centers Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro laptops have always featured solid-state storage soldered to the logic board, making it impossible to remove for data recovery, as was possible with hard disk drives. For these Macs, Apple enabled last-ditch data recovery through a special port on the…
Originally published by MacRumors. In 2016, when Apple introduced the first MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models, the repair experts at iFixit discovered the notebooks have non-removable SSDs, soldered to the logic board, prompting concerns that data recovery would not be possible if the logic board failed. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case…
Originally published by Digital Trends By Chuong Nguyen If you recently purchased one of Apple’s refreshed 2018 MacBook Pro models, you’ll want to maintain backups of your files. Unlike previous models, if the logic board fails on your laptop, there is no way for Apple and its service technicians to access the solid-state drive…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Advancements in data storage technology have not ended with flash. Have you heard of storing data in DNA? Growing Amount of Data As computers, smartphones and tablets become more and more widespread, the amount of data being produced is growing at an exponential and…
Photo: Seagate Originally published by USA Today. By Rob Pegaro When it’s time to donate or ditch an old flash-memory drive that stored sensitive information, deleting those files isn’t enough. The safest way to wipe the slate clean is actually to encrypt it — and that’s not as hard as…
