WhiteCanyon News

December 2009 – NIAP Evaluation

WipeDrive has passed the “Initial Validation Oversight Review” for testing by the Nation Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP). NIAP is a United States government initiative to meet the security testing needs of both information technology consumers and producers that is operated by Nation Security Agency (NSA) and the Nation Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Department of Defense requires all software used on military systems to be evaluated by NIAP to the EAL4 standard.

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November 2009 – Air Force Approval

WhiteCanyon is proud to announce that the US Air Force has completed its internal evaluation and specifically recommends only WipeDrive for use to securely wipe all Air Force computer systems. WipeDrive is the only software wiping tool that has passed the Air Force’s rigorous testing and is on its Approved Products List (APL).

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July 2009 - Humana

WhiteCanyon is proud to announce our latest WipeDrive Enterprise customer Humana.

Humana is a Fortune 100 company and the world’s largest HMO now uses WipeDrive exclusively.

While data security is important to all enterprises, with the advent of HIPPA it is particularly important in the Health Industry. An important factor in Humana’s decision in choosing WipeDrive was WipeDrive’s acceptance by the Department of Defense as being compliant with its strict security requirements.

May 2009 – Cash America

WhiteCanyon is proud to announce that Cash America, the largest chain of pawn stores in the US, is now using WipeDrive exclusively on all systems taken in on pawn. With more than 700 stores in North America, Cash America takes in thousands of computers each week.

Important in Cash America decision to choose WipeDrive was that WipeDrive is the only software wiping tool that allows you the choice to either wipe the drives securely and completely or, using its SystemSaver technology, to just securely wipe everything except systems and applications.

Using SystemSaver technology, Cash America can now not only wipe systems of personal and corporate data while keeping the Windows operating system and applications intact, but can create a list of all the software, memory, hardware etc. on the computer so the buyer and seller know exactly what is on each system. This technology has dramatically improved the sell-through of pawned systems by 35%.

April 2009 – Air Force Approval

WhiteCanyon is proud to announce that the US Air Force has begun its rigorous internal evaluation of WipeDrive for use on all Air Force computer systems. The evaluation is expected to be completed in December of this year.

Inside Edition Report

ABC's Inside Edition ran a segment about Identity Theft. They reported: "Old computers containing personal information including Social Security numbers, tax returns and passwords are being discarded every day and can easily lead to identity theft, Inside Edition reports.

With the aid of computer expert Steve Elderkin, founder of WhiteCanyon, Inc., Inside Edition took out the hard drives, the components in which the information is stored. Elderkin, who has consulted with the FBI and Defense Department, was surprised by how much personal information he found."

Read the entire "Inside Edition" article
"Discarded Computers, Containing Social Security and Tax Information Easily Found in Thrift Shops, Even Town Dumps"