With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in effect for almost a year now, even US-based companies are feeling its impact and the need to comply with stricter data security policies. Indeed, it likely won’t be long before the US creates its own set of national data privacy laws that all organizations will have to follow. […]

Optical media refers to data storage devices that digitally write and read data via a laser diode. The technology was developed in the late 1950s, but didn’t become widely used until the introduction of Compact Discs (CDs) and Digital Video Discs (DVDs) in the 1980s and 1990s and more recently Blu-Ray Discs. Methods of Destruction […]

There are two basic technologies used in Magnetic Media Degaussers to sanitize storage media. One is based on Permanent Magnet Technology and the other on Electromagnetic Technology. Both types are capable of generating powerful magnetic fields. Electromagnetic Degaussers Electromagnetic degaussers remove data from magnetic media (hard drives, data tapes, etc.) by applying a very large, […]

As storage media evolves, security professionals are faced with ever changing destruction challenges. Obviously paper is easy to deal with, but what about CDs/DVDs? Cell phones? Flash memory cards? USB drives? and other media that hasn’t even been dreamed up yet? When it comes to these items, a mixed media destroyer can be a versatile […]