Tag Archives: physical destruction

Why a 99% Success Rate at Reclamere is an Abject Failure

By Steve Fochler | May 25, 2012

Take a moment and think about it. All it takes is just one. One hard drive slipping through the cracks and ending up in the wrong hands or, in this most recent case of illegal dumping, CRT waste traceable back to your company. I’ve been in the risk management business for over 20 years and [...]

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Combining IT Asset Disposal and Data Destruction: Why Separate the Data?

By Bill Markley | March 7, 2012

Due to the increasing concerns of data breach risk, many institutions implement a separate process for removing hard drives from their obsolete computer equipment. This leads to a separate process for removing drives, tracking inventory, storing drives, and finding a destruction solution. There is risk inherent in this system. The process of separating the hard [...]