Re: Degausser

[Guy Pace <gpace () SBCTC EDU>]

Check the services in your area. We build up a pick-up load of drives for destruction and take them to a local 
industrial shredder (http://adgshred.com/Index.htm). I can either wait and witness the destruction of the drives or 
just trust them that it is done. They are bonded and insured and vetted through a state contract. I get a certificate 
of destruction.

I also know that the tiny portions of the drives are separated out and what can be recycled is recycled. Last truckload 
(my Mazda B4000) cost us about $125 on state contract. Cheap, simple, reliable.

Guy L. Pace, CISSP
Security Administrator
Information Technology Division
WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC)
3101 Northup Way, Suite 100
Bellevue, WA 98004
425-803-9724
gpace () sbctc edu

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Greg 
Schaffer
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:08 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Degausser

Greetings everyone,

I am looking for a decent hard drive degausser/destroyer.  Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations?

Thanks,
Greg

Greg Schaffer, CISSP
Assistant Vice President
Network and Information Technology Security
Middle Tennessee State University
615 898-5753