Storage Sanitization: Understanding New Standards and Future Challenges

Explore a 29-minute conference talk from the SNIA Compute+Memory+Storage Summit that delves into the critical aspects of data eradication from storage devices and media. Learn about the latest international standards, including ISO/IEC 27040 for storage security and IEEE 2883 for storage sanitization, which provide clearer guidelines for organizations implementing reasonable security measures. Gain insights into ongoing challenges and initiatives addressing gaps in storage sanitization practices, presented by Paul Suhler from the IEEE Security in Storage Work Group. Understand how these new standards are shaping organizational expectations and practices while examining the remaining technological and methodological challenges in secure data elimination.