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Sepaton offers Secure Erasure Data Protection Appliances

According to this report on InfoStor, virtual tape library (VTL) vendor Sepaton is now offering Secure Erasure, a licensed option for its S2100-ES2 data protection appliances that guarantees the erasure of information on virtual tape cartridges. As noted in the report, Sepaton is positioning Secure Erasure – an optional software feature priced at $5,000 per node – as a cost-effective way to comply with data destruction policies.

"The Secure Erasure option handles the grunt work. The software manages tape selection, scheduling and reporting via the GUI and eliminates the manual steps required to remove, reinsert, or transfer media. Secure Erasure then generates audit reports for each erased cartridge and e-mails them to an organization's compliance officer.

"Secure Erasure also adheres with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) recommended guidelines for clearing or purging low, medium and high sensitivity data to ensure that no data can be retrieved."