Re: securely disposing of old backup tapes?

["Davis, Thomas R." <tdavis () IU EDU>]

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From: Drake, Craig [mailto:c-drake () NEIU EDU]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:01 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] securely disposing of old backup tapes?

> I was wondering if anybody has any policies and/or procedures in
> place for securely disposing of old backup tapes?  Are there any
> known rules or regulations for public universities or state
> entities regarding the disposal of this backup media?  Does anybody
> have any recommendations for products or procedures for destroying
> backup
> media? Any other thoughts would also be helpful!     

Hi Craig,
  This doesn't directly answer your question about tapes, but it
might be useful.  We developed a document[1] on securely removing
data as an educational tool.  And, IU Bloomington's Purchasing
department has a policy[2] that touches on the sale of computer
equipment[3].

 [1] http://itso.iu.edu/Securely_Removing_Data
 [2] http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/property.shtml
 [3] http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/policies/p141.shtml

Hope this helps,

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Tom Davis, IT Security Officer, CISSP, CISM, GCIA
Office of the VP for Information Technology, Indiana University
PGP key or S/MIME certificate: https://itso.iu.edu/Tom_Davis

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