The deleted data cannot be accessed by the operating system, the application that made it or by any other advanced tools. The complete process is done while staying compliant with industry recognized standards for data security and environmental protection laws. The data that is destroyed can’t be used for any unauthorized purposes
Destruction involves various methods such as data wiping, degaussing, and physical destruction which involves hardware shredding or crushing. Each method is designed to deal with particular types of assets like hardware and software or cloud-based assets. Destruction is the final step of removing data from the devices and is used mainly when data sensitivity is top priority.
As a certified IT data destruction services provider, B2B Export LLC ensures to provide compliant solutions that meet industry-recognized standards to protect organizations from data breaches while maintaining compliance. It helps organizations to avoid legal penalties and follow data security and environmental guidelines. Our approach pairs data destruction with IT asset management that maintains a record of the assets from acquisition to final disposal.
Why IT data destruction is essential?
When we talk about data security and compliance, IT data destruction plays a vital role. It handles the complete security of data and compliance with industry recognized standards, performing secure data destruction and providing top notch services to the organizations. Let's have a detailed look at the importance of destruction.
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Protecting sensitive information: Secure IT data destruction services provide data destruction solutions that erase the data from the devices in a way that is irrecoverable. This helps in reducing the risk of unauthorized data access and protects against data breaches. Improper destruction might result in data theft, as organizations keep a good amount of sensitive information whether it is customers' details or financial records. Data destruction is important for maintaining data confidentiality.
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Ensuring compliance: There are strict data security and environmental protection laws like GDPR and HIPAA that need to be followed as these laws set the standard for complete and responsible data removal. Destruction follows specific procedures to securely and permanently remove the data while maintaining compliance with industry standards and protecting organizations from heavy fines and penalties.
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Protecting reputation: By partnering with an experienced IT data destruction services company, organizations benefit themselves from protecting their reputation. Data leaks may result in degrading the image of the organization and losing trust among the customers. Destruction helps positioning the organizations as a trustable and reputable entity in society.
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Environmental responsibilities: When the assets undergo disposition methods it is crucial to erase the data permanently and protect the asset from going to waste and contributing to reducing the overall environmental waste. IT asset disposition helps in removing data from the devices and enables them to be repurposed. It reduces e-waste, recycles hazardous materials and increases asset utilization, enabling organizations to make a difference by significantly contributing to the environment.
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Optimizing operations: With a proper IT data destruction process, organizations can manage their data effectively and dispose of it correctly. This complements organizations in reducing storage costs, as they would need less data to store on servers or clouds. Additionally, it helps organizations operate efficiently without any risk of data confidentiality, compliance maintenance, and legal penalties.
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Methods of IT data destruction
There are different types of destruction methods which are used according to the nature of the assets and the level of sensitive information they contain:
Data Wiping
It is a method of data removal that is used when assets are still in a good condition and can be repurposed further for IT asset remarketing. It uses an overwriting technique on the existing data repeatedly with different patterns until the real data is permanently erased. It uses different patterns like zeros and ones to complete the process and assure complete data removal. This type of IT data destruction services enables assets to be reused.
Degaussing
This method is used to erase the data completely from magnetic storage devices such as hard drives and tapes. It uses a strong magnetic field to the magnetic domain of the devices that completely destroys the patterns on devices. It removes the data permanently, making data unreadable and unrecoverable. Once the assets are degaussed, they cannot be reused further, making it ideal for secure disposal.
Hardware Shreddings
It is a type of IT data destruction services that involves physical breakdown of the assets into tiny parts. It involves hard drive shredding, crushing and disintegrating the parts. It removes the data and device completely, making it difficult to recover the data for any advanced tools. This method is used when security is the top priority of the organizations or they deal with excessive sensitive information like finance and defense.
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Compliance and international standard in IT data destruction
Removing data securely isn't enough but removing it while following all the international standards and staying compliant to industry standards is mandatory. It saves organizations unnecessary costs and expenditure in bearing heavy fines and penalties. IT data destruction services follow proper compliance with international standards to ensure secure and legal data removal and IT asset disposal.
A certified IT data destruction company follows international standards such as ISO 270001, ISO 27040 and NIST 800-88. These standards define the rules for securely disposing of the assets with complete data security and staying compliant with recognized standards.
Along with following international standards, complying with regional standards like GDPR and CCPA is also mandatory for secure data destruction and protect company against hefty fines and legal penalties, protecting organization’s reputation and building trust among the customers.
Choosing the right IT data destruction company
A trusted IT data destruction services provider offers complete documentation with proof of destruction. They offer a Certificate of Destruction as documented proof which builds trust between service provider and the organizations. It helps organizations during audit trials and helps them show they are following the necessary guidelines and protecting the sensitive data.
Selecting the right destruction company is a crucial step for any organization as these companies are responsible to safely and permanently erase sensitive data. The right IT data destruction company would always follow expert solutions and legal processes.
A smart destruction service provider helps organizations become more smart financially, allowing them to recover some value with IT asset recovery. It encourages organizations to generate some revenue along with a contribution to the environment by reducing waste and performing ecofriendly recycling.
While choosing the right destruction company, organizations should look for
Certifications
The company must be R2V3 certified which shows company’s promise to environmental sustainability, responsible recycling and security practices.
Various destruction methos
The company should offer a variety of destruction methods depending on the type, nature and the sensitivity of the data assets contain.
End to end asset trackings
The company must provide a detailed record of each asset during the asset disposal from asset collection to its destruction, ensuring no asset is lost or mismanaged.
Onsite and offsite options
The company should be flexible enough to meet different businesses requirements, i.e. providing IT data destruction services both onsite and offsite.
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