Mireth Tech Updates ShredIt X With NSA Compliance

Mireth Technology has released an update for ShredIt X, bringing it to version 5.4. ShredIt X is an electronic document shredder designed for secure file deletion. The update features expanded security compliance and a new confirmation option. According to Mireth Technology:

Mireth Technology has released version 5.2 of ShredIt X.

A privacy utility, ShredIt X is the electronic document shredder for Macintosh OS X computers that securely deletes files, folders and disk free space. Throwing a file in the trash does not remove the file contents from the hard disk - it just removes the file name from the directory, leaving the data intact and vulnerable.

New in this release is the is optional NSA standard compliance. In addition, the confirm before shred option has been added to free space shredding.

You can find more information about the ShredIt X update at the Mireth Technology Web site. ShredIt X 5.4 is free for registered users, while the full version is available for US$19.95.