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Data erasure is the process of using specially designed software to overwrite the entire drive / device with pseudo-random “1’s and 0’s, often multiple times, thus eliminating anything meaningful that may have been present.
ITRECYCLA utilizes both hardware and software as appropriate to efficiently and securely erase data from wide range of technologies and devices. Our solutions comply with all major security standards including: US Department of Defence 5220.22M (3-pass), US Department of Defence 5220.22M (7-pass), US NIST 800-88, United Kingdom CESG “Certified” erasing standards Baseline and Enhanced.
Where the erasure process of any drives or devices fails to validate for any reason, it is ITRECYCLA’s policy to remove and shred it.
Advantages of erasure:
Data erasure is a good option where you may wish to see the drive or device re-used by someone else after you’ve finished with it yourself, or if you want to re-deploy it elsewhere.
Disadvantages of erasure:
Please see data erasure software for more information on the data erasure solutions we use.
ITRECYCLA can also shred your drives (or devices) turning them into small metal/plastic fragments.
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Disadvantages
A simple method for securely destroying all data from your Hard Drive or Tape is degaussing. Our Degausser releases a large electrical pulse over your Hard Drive or Data Tape, destroying and sanitizing ALL data at a magnetic level. It is so powerful, that hard drives usually don’t even spin up after being degaussed.
Our degausser has been independently tested and certified to meet the most stringent security standards including ANSI, CE, PCI-DSS, NIST, HIPPA and many others.
Advantages of degaussing:
Disadvantages
Whilst degaussing is 100% effective on magnetic storage media such as hard disk drives & tapes, it is not effective on flash memory technologies found in solid state drives (SSD’s), hybrid drives or thumb drives.
ITRECYCLA has recently upgraded their data destruction arsenal to include device disintegration down to 6mm or even 3mm fragments as required by the New Zealand Information Security Manual.
This is backed up by a secure locked quarantine area and comprehensive procedures
Advantages
Disadvantages
Please click here for more information on our 6mm & 3mm NZISM Compliant solution.
Deleting means you only remove the path to the data but the data will be intact and recoverable until you overwrite it. Data erasure is overwriting the data in every sector of the drive.
Of course shredding will make the data unrecoverable but it will also make the machine not reusable. If you erase the data with YOUWIPE you are able to resell the hardware.
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