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Three highly effective and inexpensive When creating an ITAD Plan, choose should be carefully dismantled to prevent
Data Destruction methods employed by a NAID certified IT Asset Disposition damage to components that may be
ITAD providers include: firm that offers seamless integration by reintroduced back into the manufacturing
collaborating with your Managed Service stream since electronics are made from
1. MEDIA SANITIZATION: Provider, or works as an extension of valuable resources and materials, which
your own IT Department to develop or require energy to manufacture. Not only is
Often referred to as Wiping a Hard Drive, execute your strategy. Not only should they this a critical process since electronic waste
sanitization meets up to 24 International offer the Data Destruction options above, represents 2% of the trash in US landfills
Standards including the US Department of but also ensure that chain of custody is but equals 70% of overall toxic waste in
Defense’s DoD 5220.22-M. maintained, and the data destruction the US alone - but prioritizing Sustainable
process can be recorded and saved as visual Technology will help your organization
2. DEGAUSSING: proof with Certificates of Data Destruction, reduce its environmental footprint and meet
an invaluable asset in the event of an audit. Corporate Social Responsibility goals.
Demagnetizing or degaussing a hard
drive renders it completely unusable. To Sustainable technology practices pertain to IT Asset Disposition practices are more
accomplish this, a High Definition 5T the management, repurposing, and lawful time-consuming than complex. Having a
degausser with patented internal NSA disposition of IT hardware in a manner strategy in place will ensure process and
Approved Field Verification is used. Field that reduces environmental impact and is procedure is followed when it is time to
strength can then be measured in real-time, the final component of a comprehensive dismantle IT equipment - even if employee
ensuring your media is being degaussed to IT/Electronics disposal plan. Obsolete IT responsibility shifts significantly mitigating
NSA standards. assets and other electronics are considered your organizational risk of a Breach After
toxic waste and by law must be properly Disposition and ensuring data compliance.
3. HARD DRIVE DESTRUCTION: recycled, which conserves natural resources
and reduces air and water pollution, as
A method that utilizes a hard drive well as greenhouse gas emissions that are
destruction machine to physically fold and caused by manufacturing virgin materials.
destroy the device. Equipment that cannot be repurposed

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