Many organizations aren’t aware that when they retire old and obsolete systems that contain sensitive data, simply deleting the data or reformatting the hard drive does not permanently remove that data. Deleting data essentially tells the computer that the space on the drive is allowed to be overwritten. Reformatting a hard drive is similar to removing the table of contents of a book; the instructions to access the data are gone, but the data is not. Critical information is still accessible to those who know how to get to it.
At CP&E, we use a hard drive sanitizing program called DoD (Dept. of Defense)
5220-22.M to completely overwrite all data on functional hard drives and devices. Functioning hard drives are then repartitioned and reformatted to verify that the drive is clearly functional and handled the DoD wipe. When a hard drive is not functional, it is destroyed beyond all repair then recycled.
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By using the DoD sanitizing process, you are in compliance with federal and state regulations such as:
• Children’s Online Privacy Act of 1988 (COPPA)
• OMB Circular A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources
• OMB Memorandum 01-05, 00-13, 99-05, 99-18, 03-22
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act
• Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002
• The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA)
• The Federal Information Security Act of 2002 (FISMA)
• The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
• The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• The Privacy Act
• Public Law 100-503, Computer Matching and Privacy Act of 1988
• 5 U.S.C. § 552, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of 1966, as amended by Public Law NO. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048 |
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New! EDR Hard Drive Crusher
We take the destruction of your data and identity seriously here at CP&E and KSA. We have taken that process one step further by purchasing our new EDR hard drive crusher that completely destroys the hard drives beyond all repair.
Once the hard drives are destroyed, they are all sent for recycling. We have destroyed over 15,000 hard drives to this day and we look forward to many more in the near future.
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Not only does your electronic data get destroyed during our process, all information on the machines relating to your business or organization gets destroyed, as well. Items such as serial numbers and tags, addresses, and name of the business will all be removed and destroyed.
When all is said and done, you can be sure that the security of your information
will be safe with us and that it will never reach beyond the walls of our facilty. |
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