For businesses disposing of retired hard drives, degaussing and physical destruction serve different purposes. Hard disk degaussing uses a powerful magnetic field to erase data stored on magnetic platters, while physical destruction damages the drive through methods such as crushing or shredding. The two can form part of the same disposal process, with physical destruction […]
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Data & Media Destruction
From Audit Risk to Data Security: A Business Guide to Secure Destruction of Data
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Introduction When a business retires laptops, servers or storage media, the hardware may leave the building, but the data does not always leave with it. Every drive that is thrown away, resold or left in a cupboard is a potential breach waiting to be discovered during an audit. This guide explains how the secure destruction […]