Where did the hard drives go? If they were recycled I hope who ever bought them restored them and read what was on them. Explaining why they were not preserved as requested will be an interesting tap dance by the duet, JP & Tom Martin.
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Joey Preston asks council members to "step outside"
I dont disagree with you. I was focusing on the infamous "Christmas raid".. where the 2 members of council were clearly trying to conduct their own investigation.. that is what is so frequently referenced in this blog as an example of an out of control staff...
it was no longer about information..it was about investigation..
once again, we seem to be focusing on semantics and interpretation.. you are correct that council members have the right to get information..but I am right that they have rules they must follow.
Jane,
You can still salvage data from a "broken" drive so long as . . .
1.) The platters are not destroyed (even then, recovery is still possible).
2.) You're willing to pay the price for data recovery (which isn't cheap).
As for local desktop hard drives and data contained therein . . .
If the SysAdmin is worth a flip, there would be restrictions on the local workstations (desktops/laptops) to prevent the user from writing to any portion of the hard drive, except for "x." In a windows world, "x" would represent the My Documents folder. That folder can and should be re-directed to a central file server, thus mitigating the need to hunt through local desktop hard drives.
As for salvage of systems . . .
Businesses that use third-party groups for workstation disposal use (or should use) bonded groups that wipe the hard drives to a DoD Standard (Department of Defense standard is SEVEN pass process for wiping a HD clean). In addition, when systems are turned over to large salvage groups like this, the ability to identify individual assets (specific devices) is lost. Why? Well, you're not handing over one or two workstations ... you're most likely handing over a pallet or two of workstations (work in bulk). The disposal company generally isn't interested in reusing the workstations ... as the precious metals contained therein are worth FAR MORE than the actual value of the workstation as a whole.
Sorry Jane ... no cover-up. It's just standard business practice. To see the county is following process and procedures that are common in the PRIVATE SECTOR is something to be commended.
- SSHM
You can still salvage data from a "broken" drive so long as . . .
1.) The platters are not destroyed (even then, recovery is still possible).
2.) You're willing to pay the price for data recovery (which isn't cheap).
As for local desktop hard drives and data contained therein . . .
If the SysAdmin is worth a flip, there would be restrictions on the local workstations (desktops/laptops) to prevent the user from writing to any portion of the hard drive, except for "x." In a windows world, "x" would represent the My Documents folder. That folder can and should be re-directed to a central file server, thus mitigating the need to hunt through local desktop hard drives.
As for salvage of systems . . .
Businesses that use third-party groups for workstation disposal use (or should use) bonded groups that wipe the hard drives to a DoD Standard (Department of Defense standard is SEVEN pass process for wiping a HD clean). In addition, when systems are turned over to large salvage groups like this, the ability to identify individual assets (specific devices) is lost. Why? Well, you're not handing over one or two workstations ... you're most likely handing over a pallet or two of workstations (work in bulk). The disposal company generally isn't interested in reusing the workstations ... as the precious metals contained therein are worth FAR MORE than the actual value of the workstation as a whole.
Sorry Jane ... no cover-up. It's just standard business practice. To see the county is following process and procedures that are common in the PRIVATE SECTOR is something to be commended.
- SSHM
