Data destruction

Following on from the above, you need to decided which method is appropriate for your business:

• Deleted: It is suitable for reusing devices inside your organization.
• Digital shredding or wiping: This method overwrites data with other random characters with multiple passes.
• Degaussing: The method uses a strong magnetic field to rearrange the structure of the HDDs, guaranteeing that they can no longer be used.
• Physical destruction: The method ensures secure destruction using hydraulically crushed or mechanical shredded, which means that the data never can be retrieved or reconstructed. This practice is offered by some professional shredder companies.

Best practices and Data destruction Policy

There are many ways that your sensitive information can be accessed by thieves or cyber-attacks, and this doesn’t differentiate between the old electronics equipment that is being disposed of with sensitive information inside them. 

Firstly, consideration in data disposal and destruction best practice is you are maintaining, and enforcing an equipment and disposal policy.

Secondly, you need to consider the next steps to ensure appropriate disposal and destruction practices:

• Select the electronics equipment that is no longer being used.
• Optimizes and enhance the life-cycle of storage devices, in order to help save resources.
• Determine the personnel or department charge who will oversee the data disposal and destruction process.
• Contact a professional shredding and destruction service, make sure you use a certificated company.
• Update asset your equipment inventory list, once you have disposed of.
• Request certification for the destruction that can satisfy regulatory requirements for your records.

In conclusion, by following all of the above and by adhering best practices, you can minimize data breaches and exposure to information leakage which will in in turn avoid fines and penalties for your business.