Configuring Stormshield Data Shredder

Stormshield Data Shredder guarantees the permanent, irreversible erasure of data that you wish to delete. With it, third parties will not be able to recover, without your knowledge, information that you thought had been deleted.

For more information, refer to the section Permanently deleting files in the SDS Enterprise Advanced user guide.

To configure the permanent deletion of files:

Go to Policies > Features > Shredder, and enable the settings of your choice.

Shredding	Enable or disable the shredding of files and/or folders.
Drag and drop	Enable or disable the possibility of dragging and dropping files and folders on the Stormshield Data Shredder icon on the Windows desktop.
Miscellaneous	Allow or prohibit the interruption of a shredding operation. If interruptions are allowed, the user can click on Stop. Allow or prohibit the use of Stormshield Data Shredder to securely empty the bin. If the option is enabled, the Securely empty the bin pop-up menu will appear on the Shredder icon.
Confirmation request	If the shredding request applies to several files, select the type of confirmation that you wish: Confirm only once for all files: The confirmation of shredding is global. Confirm for each file: The shredding confirmation applies to Individual files. During the operation, the user can still unselect the checkbox Request confirmation for each file to stop confirmation requests for the following files.
Access to Stormshield Data Shredder in Windows	Choose whether to add a Stormshield Data Shredder shortcut to the Windows desktop. The shortcut makes it possible to erase files by dragging and dropping them on the desktop icon.
Advanced settings	There are several options available for the encryption of read-only files. You can also customize the secured erasing mode of the files by selecting the number of bytes allowing to replace the content of the files to erase, in three successive rounds. Enter two-character hexadecimal values, separated by semi-colons. The default value is 00:FF:55. It corresponds to the value 0,255,85 in the .json security policy file. For more information on the file in the .json format, refer to the Stormshield Data Shredder section in the Advanced configuration guide.