Re: Physical HDD destruction

["SCHALIP, MICHAEL" <mschalip () CNM EDU>]

We, too, use a shredder.

We looked at commercial companies, and the nice thing there was that they would handle the destruction and the "green" 
disposal of the leftovers - all under a secure handling model.  But - what we found out was that - in the long run - we 
could do the same destruction, *and* wound up finding 2-3 other recyclers that actually got in to a bidding war to buy 
the ground up leftovers that came out of the shredder.  Granted - it wasn't a lot, but we now have a destruction 
process that is very secure and controlled - and we can be green by disposing of the materials with an approved 
recycler......

M

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Matt 
Marmet
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:17 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Physical HDD destruction

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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