The Laboratory of Security & Storage Technology (LOSST) was founded in the year 2014 by Dr. Sarah Diesburg of the Computer Science Department to research computer privacy issues dealing with data and storage. Specifically, we investigate specialized forensics and anti-forensics techniques for recovering, destroying, and hiding data.
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Currently, we are researching deletion habits on USB thumb drives. For more information on how you can participate, please click on the USB Buyback Study link.
- May 8th, 2014 Jonathan Schlicht presented his senior thesis, Hidden flash pages: Identifying what cannot be erased
- December 19th, 2014 Mojataba Al Fardan presented his senior thesis, A High Level Analysis of Deletion Habits on USB Thumb Drives
- August 27th, 2014 MyCe.com posted an article about out research: Researchers: Confidential data on 2nd hand USB drives easily recoverable
- August 1st, 2014 Mojtaba Al Fardan has completed a research poster for the Summer Undergraduate Research Program and presented it: Analysis Of Deletion Habits On Used USB Thumb Drives