Dispose
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Functions within this lifecycle stage
| Function | Definition |
|---|---|
| Redaction | Tools that support the removal of selected information from digital files. Typically used for removal of sensitive information like telephone or credit card numbers from personal archives before providing access to users. |
| Secure Deletion | Tools that support deletion of data in a way that cannot be reversed, typically to avoid third parties stealing sensitive information from decommissioned or recycled hardware. |
Tools for this lifecycle stage
| Tool | Function | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Audacity | File Management Personal Archiving Redaction | The open source audio editor |
| BCWipe | Secure Deletion | BCWipe data wiping software enables you to permanently delete selected files so that they can never be recovered or undeleted. |
| CCleaner | Secure Deletion | CCleaner is a tool for cleaning Windows PCs. |
| Darik's Boot And Nuke | Secure Deletion | Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. |
| DbDIPview | Access Quality Assurance Redaction | Framework for packaging the database Representation Information and pre-configured user-friendly access. Different combinations of Content Data Objects are supported by an automated deployment mechanism. Enables access to the archived databases in the archive reading room for non-technical users. |
| DiPS (Digital Preservation Solution) | Secure Deletion Access Active Data Storage Validation File Format Identification File Format Migration File Management Metadata Extraction Preservation System Storage Transfer Workflow Service | DiPS (OAIS compliant Digital Preservation Solution) |
| Disk Utility | Secure Deletion | In Disk Utility in Mac OS X 10. |
| Eraser | Secure Deletion | Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. |
| Free Video Cutter Joiner | File Management Personal Archiving Redaction | It cuts and joins video streams without altering the codecs. |
| MRU-Blaster | Forensic Redaction | MRU-Blaster is a program made to do one large task - detect and clean MRU (most recently used) lists on your computer. |
| Microsoft Office 2003 Add-in: Word Redaction v1.2 | Forensic Redaction | Use the Word 2003 Redaction Add-in to hide text within Microsoft Office Word 2003 documents. |
| Microsoft Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data | Forensic Redaction | With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden data and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files. |
| Ontrack Eraser Software | Secure Deletion | Ontrack Eraser software is an easy-to-use, highly flexible data erasure tool that erases all traces of data stored on a targeted media - ensuring that sensitive information does not fall into the wrong hands. |
| PDFsam | Redaction Rendering | PDFsam splits and merges PDF files |
| PDWIPE (Physical Drive WIPE) | Secure Deletion | PDWIPE (Physical Drive WIPE) is a standalone DOS utility to wipe (zero) an entire physical hard drive. |
| RapidRedact | Forensic Redaction | The RapidRedact product range provides fast, easy to use redaction tools for irreversibly blanking out (redacting) selected information, author's changes and hidden data from all electronic document types. |
| Redact-It | Forensic Redaction | Provides Windows desktop and server redaction of PDF, Word, scanned TIFF images. Find, black out and remove content within documents, images or drawings. |
| Redax | Forensic Redaction | Redax completely redacts (removes) text and graphics from the PDF page. |
| SDelete | Secure Deletion | SDelete is a command line utility that takes a number of options. |