Secure destruction of data is often not only a corporate priority, but also in some cases, mandated. Destroying a physical tape cartridge or zapping it with a magnetic field are guaranteed ways to erase data in compliance with organizational policies or federal regulations but, in the world of disk-based backup, a different set of rules apply. To that end, virtual tape library (VTL) vendor Sepaton has announced Secure Erasure, a licensed option for its S2100-ES2 data protection appliances that guarantees the erasure of information on virtual tape cartridges.

"A lot of people want to keep [all their data] forever now that 2TB disk drives cost a little more than $100," Jay Kramer, Sepaton's vice president of worldwide marketing told our sister site, Infostor, "but having deletion policies in place is bubbling up as a significant part of an overall information asset management and data protection strategy."

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