Methods of data disposal and destruction. What are the benefits of e-waste recycling? Success relies on data and the same data can potentially jeopardize the growth or harm the hard-earned reputation of your organization. How? If proper data disposal methods are not followed at the right time in the right way and most importantly in a secured manner. There are various types of destruction methods that can be considered.
Whether you are an educational institute or a university, a hospital or health care center, or in any other line of business, secure destruction of data stored in your computers, laptops, servers, and other electronic pieces of equipment is a must.
Now, with the rapid advancement of technology, you are required to upgrade your pieces of equipment from time to time, maybe once a year or maybe once in two years. And what do you do with the old equipment at that time? What happens to your data? Are you aware of the data disposal methods?
Do you just leave it as trash for the municipal bodies to pick up or do you follow secure destruction of data processors to ensure that the data in your equipment and hard drives is disposed of and destroyed securely?
So what are the methods of data disposal and destruction? We at Metro Green have been providing secured data destruction services for the last 10 years in and around the DC Area by using the following data destruction methods:
1. Wiping
Wiping is the first method in the different types of destruction. It is important to understand that just by formatting a drive or deleting a file, the data is not securely removed from the drive. It can be recovered using recovery tools. So, data wiping is a secure way to do it. It is a lengthy process by which all the files on the drives are made unreadable and they are overwritten by random 0s and 1s. So with data wiping the original data is removed and can never be recovered. Another advantage of wiping is that the same drive can be re-used or re-marketed and this way one can save it from going to the landfill which degrades the environment in more than one way. This is the best approach when drives are large and there is a possibility of re-using them. We do not charge any fees for this service and can provide a free pick-up depending upon the quantity. For more information on our data wiping services, please contact us on +1-855-735-0868
Within the hard drives, there are a lot of discs and within these discs, the data is stored magnetically. The method of degaussing applies a high magnetic pulse which destroys the data permanently and makes it a secured way of data disposal and destruction. The process of degaussing lasts for only a few seconds or maybe a minute. Our degaussing equipment is validated frequently as a part of our internal compliance procedure. Since the degaussed hard disks are of no use, it is then sent to our downstream partners for recycling purposes so all possible materials can be recovered to the maximum and put back in the production cycle. When the drives are old and become obsolete, degaussing is a recommended approach. We do not charge any fees for this service and can provide a free pick-up depending upon the quantity. For more information on our degaussing services, please contact us on +1-855-735-0868
3. Physical Shredding
As the word suggests, physical shredding means shredding your hard drive or other data storage equipment into smaller pieces, nearly to the size of 2mm. This is also known as the physical destruction of hard drives. This makes it impossible to recover the data and destroys its security. We can provide this service on-site or by transporting the equipment to our facility. Most organizations prefer to go with physical shredding as it just makes the drive nonexistent. Once the shredding is done, the lengthy and tedious process of sorting and separating is handled by our downstream partners for recycling purposes. We charge a fee for physical shredding services and can provide a free pick-up depending upon the quantity. For more information on our hard drive shredding services, please contact us on +1-855-735-0868
All in all, by utilizing secured data destruction methods you can make sure that all critical and sensitive information including identity, usernames, passwords, CC information, social media credentials, confidential documents, medical records, purchase records, and more are securely destroyed also save the environment through e-recycling.
For more information on our data disposal and destruction services, please contact us at +1-855-735-0868.