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BCWipe

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Developer(s)
  
Jetico Inc.

Type
  
Data erasure

Operating system
  
Windows, Unix, OS X

Stable release
  
6.09.0 / 23 June 2016; 7 months ago (2016-06-23)

Website
  
www.jetico.com/wiping-bcwipe/

BCWipe is commercial military-grade file eraser tool data erasure utility for Windows, UNIX and Mac OS X. Developed by Jetico Inc, the software erases files beyond recovery and can erase free unused space on existing disks.

BCWipe has been approved for use by the U.S. Department of Defense. It is used by government and military agencies, national laboratories, universities, industrial manufacturers, as well as various other enterprises and a wide global base of home and small business users.

As reported in U.S. media publications, BCWipe was called into action by the Air Force.

BCWipe was honoured with the Runner-Up award in the Most Innovative Security Products & Services Competition at The 8th Annual Network’s Security Summit that took place in San-Diego in March 2011.

Other software developed by Jetico Inc, BCWipe Total WipeOut, can erase entire hard drives for disposal, decommission or re-purpose.

Features

Wiping features include:

  • Delete with wiping – permanently delete selected files through right-click context menu
  • Transparent Wiping – securely wipes deleted or temporary files automatically on the fly
  • Wipe free disk space
  • Wipe Local History
  • Wipe Internet History
  • Wipe Swap File
  • Wipe File Slacks
  • Wipe Empty Directory Entries
  • Wipe Compressed Files
  • Wipe MFT Records and Directory Entries
  • Swap File Encryption
  • Hexadecimal File Viewer
  • BCWipe Task Manager
  • Log File Viewer
  • Automatic Update Utility
  • The following wiping schemes are embedded in BCWipe:
  • U.S. DoD 5220.22-M(ECE) – 7 passes
  • U.S. DoD 5220.22-M(E) – 7 passes
  • DoE M 205.1-2 (U.S. Department of Energy standard) 3 passes
  • German VSITR standard
  • Bruce Schneier's recommended wiping scheme
  • Peter Gutmann method
  • Russian GOST R 50739-95 (2 passes)
  • British HMG IS5 (Baseline, Enhanced)
  • NAVSO-P5239-26
  • Canadian RCMP TSSIT OPS-II
  • US Army AR380-19
  • One random pass

    • Additionally, the software includes the Wiping Scheme Editor utility to view and edit the number of wiping passes and binary patterns used at each pass. Wiping Scheme Editor has the capability to create complementary passes..

  • BCWipe Total WipeOut is run from a bootable disk (CD/DVD or USB thumb drive) to erase an entire hard drive, including boot records, filesystem structures and operating system files.
  • BCWipe – Enterprise Edition allows IT Admins to remotely install, configure and manage BCWipe across all network workstations. BCWipe Enterprise features Enforcer for central administration and policy management with no end-user intervention.
  • BCWipe is natively included in Jetico's encryption system, BestCrypt

    • References

    BCWipe Wikipedia
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