Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 Manuel D’Utilisation
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Standards of guaranteed destruction of confidential information
The software offers the guaranteed destruction of confidential information on
hard disk drives with the help of special tools.
hard disk drives with the help of special tools.
Acronis methods comply with most national standards:
American: U.S. Standard, DoD 5220.22-M
American: NAVSO P-5239-26 (RLL)
American: NAVSO P-5239-26 (MFM)
German: VSITR
Russian: GOST P50739-95
American: U.S. Standard, DoD 5220.22-M
American: NAVSO P-5239-26 (RLL)
American: NAVSO P-5239-26 (MFM)
German: VSITR
Russian: GOST P50739-95
Besides methods corresponding to national standards, Acronis supports
predefined methods proposed by widely known and authoritative specialists in
the field of information security:
predefined methods proposed by widely known and authoritative specialists in
the field of information security:
Peter Gutmann’s method – data on a hard disk is destroyed with 35 passes
Bruce Schneier’s method – data is destroyed with seven passes
Bruce Schneier’s method – data is destroyed with seven passes
The suite also supports simple but fast methods of information destruction that
zero all sectors on a single hard disk pass.
zero all sectors on a single hard disk pass.
Another major feature of this version is the opportunity for you to create your
own methods for data destruction.
The most popular at the moment is the U.S. Standard, Department of
Defense 5220.22-M method. Therefore, Acronis Privacy Expert Suite utilizes it
by default for all user trace removal operations.
own methods for data destruction.
The most popular at the moment is the U.S. Standard, Department of
Defense 5220.22-M method. Therefore, Acronis Privacy Expert Suite utilizes it
by default for all user trace removal operations.
Detailed information on data destruction standards is given in Appendix A «Hard
Disk Wiping methods»
Disk Wiping methods»
of this guide.
What's new in Acronis Privacy Expert Suite 8.0?
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite has many new features that make it a fully
integrated software suite. They include:
User-friendly and simple wizards to quickly remove all traces of user actions
integrated software suite. They include:
User-friendly and simple wizards to quickly remove all traces of user actions
from PCs
Improved Spyware Removal Wizard
Spyware Shield – continuous spyware protection
Frequently updated spyware definitions base
Windows prefetch directory clean-up
System password clean-up
Applications traces clean-up
Spyware Shield – continuous spyware protection
Frequently updated spyware definitions base
Windows prefetch directory clean-up
System password clean-up
Applications traces clean-up
Additionally, improvements have been made to provide even more convenience.