Degaussing 101

Wiping standards have been debunked by the DoD. It’s been replaced by modern standards like the NSA/CSS policy manual 9-12 storage device sanitization and destruction manual. But like the urban legend of the alligators in the New York sewer system,[…]

Following best practices for media destruction would have prevented compromises to data security faced by Morgan Stanley. What do Morgan Stanley, hospitals, and healthcare organizations across the U.S. and the  Kanagawa Prefectural Government of Japan have in common? They all recently[…]

With 1.5 million workers now working from home, data security risks have risen exponentially. Too often, hard drives and devices are left to pile up in the back of a non-secure, almost forgotten closet after remote worker equipment is returned[…]

As companies enter the next phase of the battle against COVID-19, the safety of employees and the security of their facilities remains a key concern. That includes data disposal practices of decommissioned media making sure sensitive data is eliminated.   Is[…]

This is a two-part look at one of the most commonly misunderstood means of data disposal – hard drive overwriting. Last week, in Part 1 we looked at the general misconceptions. Today in Part 2 we’ll focus on the dangers[…]

This is a two-part look at one of the most commonly misunderstood means of data disposal – hard drive overwriting. Today, in Part 1 we’ll look at the general misconceptions. Next week in Part 2 we’ll focus on the dangers[…]

Sometimes end of life really isn’t. Those old hard drives that you thought were destroyed may come back to haunt you. That’s because many professionals are unaware of how toxic to your company data can become when old hard drives[…]

When you have the skills and talent to help, you step up. That’s a core value of Garner Products, Inc. It’s the driving reason behind the decision to expand beyond our Mission Critical manufacturing of NSA/CSS EPL-listed data erasure and destruction[…]

It is incredibly important to create measures to reduce risk in data security. In this article, I will share how highly sensitive data belonging to tens of thousands of people was discovered on hard drives sold on eBay.  The Brighton,[…]