Redaction and Removal of Information from Files

• Adobe Acrobat (full version, not just the free Reader) – true redaction of text from PDF requires saving redacted pages to TIFF, then re-saving as PDF
  http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
• Document Detective (ManTech)
  http://www.stg.srs.com/eds/docdet/
• Index.dat Analyzer (Systenance Software) - for viewing, examining and delete entries within index.dat files
  http://www.systenance.com/indexdat.php
• iRedact (Image Solutions) – part of ISITookBox
  http://www.isitoolbox.com/
• Microsoft Office 2003 Add-in: Word Redaction v1.2
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=028C0FD7-67C2-4B51-8E87-65CC9F30F2ED&displaylang=en
• Microsoft Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=144e54ed-d43e-42ca-bc7b-5446d34e5360&displaylang=en
• Microsoft Office 2007, Document Inspector
  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100375931033.aspx
• MRU-Blaster (Javacool Software) - for finding and cleaning MRU (most recently used) lists from the Windows registry
  http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
• RapidRedact (Onstream Systems)
  http://www.rapidredact.com/
• "Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish Sanitized Reports Converted from Word to PDF." Ft. Meade, MD: National Security Agency, 2005.
  http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/dod/nsa-redact.pdf
• Redax – "permanently removes sensitive text and graphics content from PDF documents"
  http://www.appligent.com/products/redax/redax.php
• Workshare – includes identification and removal of hidden data and several common forms of confidential data
  http://www.workshare.com/