White Papers

Protecting Mission-Critical Data in Government and Enterprise Environments Co-authors: Ray Leventhal, general manager CPR ToolsJoe Bruckler, senior engineer CPR ToolsRoger Hutchison, technology officer CD ROM Inc. Executive Summary RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) storage systems are widely deployed throughout government agencies, defense contractors, healthcare organizations, financial institutions and commercial enterprises because they provide enhanced […]

Longevity of Recordable CDs and DVDs – Canadian Conservation Institute White Paper

NIST Archiving Recommendations

WHITE PAPER – The Future of Optical Discs By Roger Hutchison President, CD ROM, Inc. February, 2012*  Click here for the article in PDF format It’s ironic that the head of an optical disc company would even pose the question: “Are optical discs dead?” It is a fair question, however, and one that I am asked quite

Tier Destruction Levels View the matrices of various Electronic Media Destruction Techniques and the amount of data that is recoverable by forensic methods. Summary of Alternative Technologies for Optical Disc Destruction Summary of Alternative Technologies for Hard Drive Destruction Summary of Alternative Technologies for Magnetic Tape Destruction Summary of Alternative Technologies for Flash Memory Destruction

September, 2006 – The National Institute of Standards and Technology released new National Guidelines for Electronic Media Destruction. These guidelines establish for the first time the standard which governs electronic media destruction. CD-Rom and DVD media must be ground to 250 micron particle sizes to comply with the new federal standard. NIST Special Publication 800-88