On Wed, 9 May 2018, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Federal contractor here, too. (I'm the OP). For disks that work, shred or > DBAN is what we use. For dead disks, we do the paperwork, and get them > deGaussed. SSD's are a brand new issue. We haven't had to deal with them > yet, but it's surely coming, so we might as well figure it out now. Does anyone use hdparm's enhanced security erase feature for wiping working drives? Sounds more secure than DBAN/shred, and potentially faster too. It's not something I've used. jh