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

["John C. Gale" <john_gale () UNCG EDU>]

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Our procedures require the following (in this order of preference):

(1) destroy (physically crushed by a machine)
(2) purge (degauss... great for old backup tapes)
(3) clear (overwrite to NISPOM DoD 5220.22-M standard)

This applies to any computing media (hard drives from anything [copies,
pcs, servers, etc], tapes, usb, whatever).

We need to update our procedure for solid state devices.  I haven't
researched applicable options yet.  Right now we only have the destroy
option for those.

Cheers

John

On 09/27/2010 12:27 AM, SCHALIP, MICHAEL wrote:
> 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
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