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How to Evaluate a Data Destruction Provider
Evaluate a data destruction provider by the complete control system, not by a certificate logo, low price, truck appearance, or claim of…
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NVMe Sanitize vs. Format vs. Physical Destruction
Use NVMe Sanitize when the controller supports an approved sanitize action and the organization needs device-level sanitization with dedicated status and failure…
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Cloud Data Deletion and Physical Media Responsibility
Cloud customers are normally responsible for identifying and deleting their data, copies, snapshots, backups, keys, accounts, and services within the controls they…
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Optical Media Destruction Methods
CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs should be destroyed with a method approved for the exact disc type and required security outcome. Suitable…
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Hidden Storage in Network and Office Equipment
Routers, switches, firewalls, wireless controllers, copiers, multifunction printers, scanners, phones, conference systems, and other equipment can retain data in internal drives, embedded…
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Data Center Decommissioning Checklist
A data center is not fully decommissioned when workloads move and servers power down. The project is complete only after systems and…
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End-of-Life Server Decommissioning Checklist
A server is not decommissioned when it is powered off or removed from a rack. Decommissioning is complete only after owners approve…
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Mobile Device Destruction and BYOD Offboarding
Corporate-owned mobile devices can be erased for reuse or physically destroyed when policy, failure, or data sensitivity requires it. Personally owned BYOD…
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Data Destruction After a Security Incident
Do not wipe or destroy a compromised device until the incident commander, forensic lead, legal counsel, records owner, and other required authorities…
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Can a Degaussed Hard Drive Be Reused?
An effectively degaussed modern magnetic hard drive should be treated as inoperable and unsuitable for reuse. The magnetic field can erase the…
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Hard Drive Wiping vs. Physical Destruction
Hard drive wiping is the better choice when an operational drive can be sanitized with a suitable logical technique and approved for…
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Why Degaussing Does Not Work on SSDs
Degaussing does not sanitize an SSD because solid-state drives store data as electrical states in semiconductor memory, not as magnetic patterns. A…
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