The 2008 Australian Study of Remnant Data Contained on 2nd Hand Hard Disks: The Saga Continues
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
SECAU - Security Research Centre, Edith Cowan University
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Computer and Information Science / Centre for Security Research
RAS ID
5874
Abstract
This study looked for remnant data on enterprise level hard drives that were purchased through auctions. The drives were analysed for information, be it topical or formatted. In the event that drives were formatted, forensic tools were used to recover this data. This years study revealed a high level of not simply un-erased drives, but drives which contained information that related to critical infrastructure providers. That such a small sample size yielded such a high rate of un-erased drives is of considerable concern, and it may be necessary for the government to become involved.
DOI
10.4225/75/57b27f6840cc7
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Valli, C. , & Woodward, A. J. (2008). The 2008 Australian Study of Remnant Data Contained on 2nd Hand Hard Disks: The Saga Continues. Proceedings of Australian Digital Forensics Conference. (pp. 211-214). Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Campus WA. SECAU Security Research Centre ECU. Available here