Re: Quick Survey: How do you "dispose" of outbound hard drives??

[Charles Seitz <cseitz () UTM EDU>]

For working hard drives we 3x overwrite them and reload an OS on the machine
before it goes out to surplus sale. If the hard drive doesn't work, we have
a couple of students who enjoy taking out their frustrations on the hard
drives with a roofing hammer.

Charlie

Charles A. Seitz
Senior Security Analyst
University of Tennessee Information Security Office
Martin Campus
cseitz () tennessee edu
(731) 881-7966
Mobile (615) 948-3641

On 9/26/10 11:27 PM, "SCHALIP, MICHAEL" <mschalip () CNM EDU> asked:

> Hi Folks....
>
> We're looking for efficiencies (who isn't?) - What process do you follow to
> securely dispose of old hard drives?  Do you sanitize them?...what
> process/software do you use?  Do you allow them to be sold/donated?  Do you
> grind/shred them?  Do you degauss them?
>
> We are sanitizing them, but we're wondering if it would just be cheaper to use
> a secure recycling service?  (I know DOE/DOD does some of that....depending on
> the "level"....) 
>
> Looking forward to hearing what everyone is doing....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael