Abstract: System and method for programmable removal of information from a computing system. One or more information removal options may be selected on a computing device. A purge script file based on the selected one or more information removal options is generated. A purge of information from a computing system is initiated by execution of the purge script file. The purge of information may also be automatically initiated by selection of one or more hotkeys. The purge of information may also be automatically initiated by detecting a preselected number of unsuccessful logon attempts to the at least one computing system and then automatically initiating the purge of information. A plurality purge script files may be generated where each generated purge script file is based on different preselected information removal options. The initiating of the purge of information may be performed by execution of a selected one of the plurality of purge script files. The purge script files define the information to be purged.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for purging information from a storage medium such as a floppy disk or a hard disk drive. A region to be purged is defined such as a storage medium or a portion of a storage medium. A purge is performed of the defined purge region by overwriting all locations in the defined purge area with a character, the complement of the character, and a random character. A number of wipe iterations may be defined where the performing is repeating until the defined number of wipe iterations is attained. The purge may also be verified by reading all locations in the purge region, and checking for inconsistent data and remaining original data by comparing all read locations with the last character written during the purge.

Abstract: System and method for programmable removal of information from a computing system. One or more information removal options may be selected on a computing device. A purge script file based on the selected one or more information removal options is generated. A purge of information from a computing system is initiated by execution of the purge script file. The purge of information may also be automatically initiated by selection of one or more hotkeys. The purge of information may also be automatically initiated by detecting a preselected number of unsuccessful logon attempts to the at least one computing system and then automatically initiating the purge of information. A plurality purge script files may be generated where each generated purge script file is based on different preselected information removal options. The initiating of the purge of information may be performed by execution of a selected one of the plurality of purge script files. The purge script files define the information to be purged.