Hard disk drive sanitizer system and method

1. A hard disk drive (HDD) sanitizer system, comprising:

an electronic device having a basic input/output system (BIOS), the BIOS comprising a sanitizer routine executable for sanitizing a HDD wherein the BIOS invokes the sanitizer routine in response to a detected security event;

wherein, during booting of the electronic device, the BIOS is to display a BIOS setup menu for receiving an input for invoking the sanitizer routine.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS is configurable to automatically invoke the sanitizer routine.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS is configurable to receive a request to invoke the sanitizer routine.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS comprises a security routine configured to invoke the sanitizer routine in response to a security event.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS is configurable to invoke the sanitizer routine in response to receiving an indication of a security event from a remote service.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS is configurable to invoke the sanitizer routine in response to a signal received from a sensor indicating a geo-positional location of the electronic device.

7. A hard disk drive (HDD) sanitizer method, comprising:

initiating a boot routine;

during the boot routine, displaying a BIOS setup menu for receiving input from a user for invoking a sanitizer routine;

in response to the input, invoking a sanitizer routine disposed within a basic input/output system (BIOS) of an electronic device for sanitizing a HDD in response to a detected security event, wherein the sanitizer routine is invoked by the BIOS.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising invoking the sanitizer routine in response to receiving an input requesting execution of the sanitizer routine.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising automatically invoking the sanitizer routine in response to booting of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising automatically invoking the sanitizer routine in response to receiving an indication of a security event from a remote service.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising automatically invoking the sanitizer routine in response to a signal received from a sensor indicating a geo-positional location of the electronic device.

12. A hard disk drive (HDD) sanitizer system, comprising:

means disposed within a basic input/output system (BIOS) of an electronic device for sanitizing a HDD; and

means disposed within the BIOS for displaying a menu means for receiving input from a user for invoking the sanitizing means in response to a detected security event.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising means for automatically invoking the sanitizing means.

14. The system of claim 12 , further comprising means for automatically invoking the sanitizing means in response to a signal received from a sensor means indicating a geo-positional location of the electronic device.