Re: Hard Disk Degaussers

["Shamblin, Quinn" <qrs () BU EDU>]

We just got one of these which is doing a very good job.   http://www.semshred.com/manual_hard_drive_crushers

Contact me off list if you want a picture of what this thing does.  They also have a powered one.

The manual one does need to be bolted to something, but it can destroy a hard drive in 5-10 seconds depending on the a 
variety of factors.

Quinn R Shamblin
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Executive Director of Information Security, Boston University
CISM, CISSP, GCFA, PMP  -  O 617-358-6310  M 617-999-7523

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Steve 
Werby
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Hard Disk Degaussers

Paul,

Hard drive destruction is handled by our university's surplus property department. They use a hard drive shredder that 
works well (it replaced a drill press), but can't destroy small storage media like SIM cards and SD cards. My previous 
university used a manually powered hard drive bender, which was also effective and about 1/3 of the cost. In a past 
environment I discovered a degausser that was in use, but when my office tested it we discovered that it wasn't 
functioning properly. When we tested a processed hard drive all of the data was still accessible. As a result, we 
abandoned use of degaussers in favor of destructive alternatives which were easy to verify the effectiveness of 
visually.

If you'd like more info, feel free to contact me directly.

--
Steve Werby
Information Security Officer
Office of Information Security (OIS)
The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Subject: [SECURITY] Hard Disk Degaussers

We are looking for a good hard disk degausser, and possibly a shredder as well.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I 
am looking at the Garner TS-1 Degausser, and it looks interesting.

Paul Kern
Associate Security Officer
South Dakota Board of Regents (RIS)
605.367.7594
Paul.Kern () sdbor edu<mailto:Paul.Kern () sdbor edu>