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Protect your data. Protect your life.

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Protect your data. Protect your life.

Pascal Steichen - CIRCL:TLP:GREEN
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Your data is important...

  • Pictures / Movies
  • Emails / Documents
  • Passwords et al.
  • Online Banking
Pictures / Movies -> it's your life
Emails / Documents -> it's your job
Passwords -> it's your security
Banking -> it's your money

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DATA

...more important than you may imaginE !
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Test CASE 1

Deleted FILES

Delete all files from a USB stick
and confirm deletion (empty recycle bin)

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Live demo 1

CAN WE RESTORE THE FILES ?
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Test CASE 2

Format DRIVE

Format USB stick
and confirm after warning

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Live demo 2

CAN WE RESTORE SOME FILES ?
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HOW does this work ?

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GENERIC FILESYSTEM STRUCTURE

Test case 1 : "deleted files"

  • Filename table: tagged as deleted
  • Meta data: Data units tagged as not allocated
  • Data units: Not deleted but might be overwritten at some point of time
  • Recovery: Meta data & data units
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Test case 2 : "formatted drive"

  • Filename table: table is renewed
  • Meta data: structure is renewed
  • Data units: Not deleted but might be overwritten at some point of time
  • Recovery: (only) data units
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protect your data. protect your life.

  • Encrypt sensitive data (full disk)
  • Hardware encrypted drives
  • Wipe files / drives
  • Educate yourself (www.privacysalon.lu)
  • Physically destroy devices
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Thank you for your attention
Pascal Steichen