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

["Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () PIMA EDU>]

 We crush our hard drives. We went this route over degaussing, etc, because it is 100% clear when you have finished 
with the hard drive. :)

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Brian Basgen
Information Security Office
Pima Community College
Office: 520-206-4873
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On Sep 26, 2010, at 9:27 PM, 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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