Re: Physical HDD destruction

[Dan Han/HSC/VCU <s2dhan () VCU EDU>]

We are currently using a press to crush the drives. Previously, I have 
also used hard drive duplicators to zero out / DoD wipe multiple drives at 
once. 

Dan Han
Information Security Officer
Virginia Commonwealth University
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From:   Matt Marmet <matt.marmet () ARMSTRONG EDU>
To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Date:   03/20/2012 02:18 PM
Subject:        [SECURITY] Physical HDD destruction
Sent by:        The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv 
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Good day Everyone,
 
Here at Armstrong, we have a couple hundred hard drives that we have to 
physically disable/destroy. We also have about 200 hard drives per year 
that our desktop support staff recover from old machines that need to be 
destroyed as well. We have seen some of the hydraulic electric presses 
that are enclosed as well as manual presses that are made for this type of 
work. What are other institutions using to destroy HDDs securely and 
safely?
 
Regards,
 
Matt
 
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Armstrong Atlantic State University
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