Should you ask for a “DoD” data wipe?

We wrote about this a couple of years ago, yet it’s still a popular discussion.  Many organizations still request a “DoD wipe” (“Department of Defense wipe”) or a “3–pass” to wipe data from their hard drives.  Do you know what that means, and where it comes from?  The DoD 5220.22-M standard was developed in the 1990’s and …