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Security hazard – risk of data exploitation
Regardless of the erasure tool or method employed, even following multiple rounds
of flashing, erasure, or overwriting, residual data may still be present on Flash-based
storage media. To guarantee the destruction of all sensitive data persisting on the
unit, physical destruction of the storage media/platform may be required.
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 (Application Processing Engine)
Configuration Manual, 05/2022, C79000-G8976-1415-04
Load the operating system by selecting the USB device from the BIOS boot
settings.
From the operating system, use standard erasure tools to erase data on the
module that represents the RUGGEDCOM APE1808's flash memory. For example,
use standard Linux tools, such as dd, wipe, or shred, to wipe data from the
module.
NOTICE
1.9 Decommissioning the Module
Overview
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