Released on = February 27, 2006, 5:37 am

Press Release Author = Paragon Software Group

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Completely erases data so as it can\'t be recovered with any
existing technology!

Press Release Body = Paragon Software Group releases Disk Wiper 7.0

Paragon Disk Wiper 7.0 provides protection of your personal identity or company
trade secrets.

January, 2006- Paragon Software Group, the European specialist for innovative data
security and data management technology, introduced the new reliable wiping solution
to safeguard sensitive personal or company information in case of retiring or
upgrading computer/server. It provides skilled resources and comprehensive wiping
tools to help you pass over this important but often overlooked security risk.

Standard erasing or reformatting your used disks isn\'t enough to prevent financial
records, passwords, employee data, and other confidential documents from falling
into the wrong hands. That's why Paragon Software Group, basing on Data Sanitization
Methods, created Disk Wiper for those who require reliable, fast and effective way
for sanitizing their hard disks.
Here we should say more about wiping and sanitization to clear up the difference
between these two approaches. The data should be sanitized in order to protect
valuable information and also because there is, in the most countries, a legal
obligation to do so. At the same time simple wiping doesn't guarantee the total
erasing of your data. In most cases there is still a chance to restore almost
everything you had on your hard disk.
Paragon Disk Wiper guarantees secure and easy erasure of confidential data with the
most comprehensive academic algorithms and customization options, wizard-based
interface and extensive reporting. It completely erases all live data so as it
cannot be recovered with any existing technology.

Here are the main features of the product:

1) User friendly Windows XP style interface with graphic representation of the
actual layout of the hard disk system, fully-functional embedded HTML browser with
handy navigation and search options and wizard-driven engine
2) Wiping of hard disks/separate partitions (primary, extended, logical)
3) Paragon developed algorithm along with creating your own customized wiping method
(extreme customization option - 4 wiping patterns with up to 99 passes each)
4) Logging of bad blocks (corrupted sectors) discovered during the operation- these
sectors may still contain classified information
5) Basic partitioning operations (create, delete, format)
6) Professional edition supports major government and military security standards
(US DoD 5220.22-M, US Navy standards NAVSO P-5239-26, British HMG Infosec Standard
No.5, German VSItR Standard, Peter Gutmann\'s algorithm, Bruce Schneier\'s algorithm,
etc.).

Thus the only way to make sure that all the data has been erased from a magnetic
device is to overwrite all on-disk sectors with random patterns. It is Data
Sanitization approach which is the basis of Paragon Disk Wiper. After finishing the
process, a device that has been sanitized has no usable residual data and even
advanced forensic tools should not ever be able to recover it, thus providing
maximum level of security.

System requirements:

1) Operating systems: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Server 2003
2) Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
3) Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent, with 300 MHz processor clock speed
4) 64 MB of RAM
5) Hard disk drive with 40 MB of available space
6) SVGA video adapter and monitor

To learn more about this product, please visit its web site:
http://www.disk-wiper.com/

Paragon Software Group - Company Profile

Paragon Software Group (PSG) is a German based company founded in 1994, with
representation in Germany, Switzerland and Russia. Next to European markets, Paragon
Software Group is also active in US and Asian markets. PSG includes following
divisions: System Utilities, Smart Handheld Devices (dictionaries, games, utilities
and handwriting recognition for SHD), Epocware (software for Symbian platform),
Intelware (internet related software development). Additional information is
available at website www.paragon.ag

Web Site = http://www.disk-wiper.com

Contact Details = Address: Pearl Str 1, Buggingen
Germany

Phone Number: 223322
Email: market@paragon.ag