Secured deletion of information

A method, comprising:

• monitoring a storage device;
• determining whether deleted information satisfies a predetermined condition;
• intercepting the deleted information when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied;
• securely deleting the deleted information that is intercepted from the storage device by wiping a portion of the storage device associated with the deleted information before the deleted information is marked as deleted, wherein securely wiping the deleted information occurs in accordance with a predetermined enterprise-wide policy,
• wherein the predetermined enterprise-wide policy comprises at least one of:
• selective wiping according to a type of information, a group of users, or a user type;
• collective wiping of all deleted information;
• periodic wiping according to a predetermined event, a privacy regulation, or predetermined time period;
• and central wiping protection that prevents wiping of deleted information according to a records protection scheme.

A system, comprising:

• a monitoring unit configured to monitor a storage device;
• a determining unit configured to determine whether a predetermined condition occurs;
• an accessing unit configured to access the storage device when it is determined that the predetermined condition occurs;
• an identifying unit configured to identify deleted information to be securely wiped in accordance with a predetermined unified policy for a virtual environment comprising the storage device a wiping unit configured to securely delete the deleted information identified by the identifying unit from the storage device by wiping a portion of the storage device associated with the deleted information before the deleted information is marked as deleted,
• wherein the unified policy comprises at least one of:
• selective wiping according to a type of information, a group of users, or a user type;
• collective wiping of all deleted information;
• periodic wiping according to a predetermined event, a privacy regulation, or a predetermined time period;
• and central wiping protection that prevents wiping of deleted information according to a records protection scheme.

A system, comprising:

• a monitoring unit configured to monitor a storage device;
• a determining unit configured to determine whether deleted information satisfies a predetermined condition;
• an intercepting unit configured to intercept the deleted information when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied;
• a wiping unit configured to securely delete the deleted information from the storage device by wiping a portion of the storage device associated with the deleted information before the deleted information is marked as deleted, wherein the wiping unit is configured to securely wipe deleted information in accordance with a predetermined enterprise-wide policy,
• wherein the predetermined enterprise-wide policy comprises at least one of:
• selective wiping according to a type of information, a group of users, or a user type;
• collective wiping of all deleted information;
• periodic wiping according to a predetermined event, a privacy regulation, or predetermined time period;
• and central wiping protection that prevents wiping of deleted information according to a records protection scheme.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to monitor a storage device;
• computer readable program code configured to determine whether a predetermined condition occurs;
• computer readable program code configured to access the storage device when it is determined that the predetermined condition occurs;
• computer readable program code configured to securely delete deleted information from the storage device by wiping a portion of the storage device associated with the deleted information before the deleted information is marked as deleted, in accordance with a unified policy for a virtual environment comprising the storage device,
• wherein the unified policy comprises at least one of:
• selective wining according to a type of information, a group of users, or a user type;
• collective wining of all deleted information;
• periodic wining according to a predetermined event, a privacy regulation, or a predetermined time period;
• and central wining protection that prevents wiping of deleted information according to a records protection scheme.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to monitor a storage device;
• computer readable program code configured to determine whether deleted information satisfies a predetermined condition;
• computer readable program code configured to intercept the deleted information when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied;
• computer readable program code configured to securely delete the deleted information from the storage device by wiping a portion of the storage device associated with the deleted information before the deleted information is marked as deleted, in accordance with a predetermined enterprise-wide policy,
• wherein the predetermined enterprise-wide policy comprises at least one of:
• selective wiping according to a type of information, a group of users, or a user type;
• collective wiping of all deleted information;
• periodic wiping according to a predetermined event, a privacy regulation, or predetermined time period;
• and central wiping protection that prevents wiping of deleted information according to a records protection scheme.