Implementing best practices for media destruction would have prevented outsourcing data compromises faced by Morgan Stanley. Hospitals and health care organizations across the U.S. and even a department of the Japanese government have faced the same security problem: data breaches[…]
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IT Asset Disposition (ITAD). New Liability
There is no statute of limitations or safe harbor for improper IT asset disposition. If it can happen to Morgan Stanley, it can happen to you. When Morgan Stanley closed two data centers in 2016, they hired an outsourced data[…]
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Hard Drive Shredding is NOT Enough
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[…]
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Safety First Data Disposal Practices During COVID-19
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[…]
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Data Insecurity: The Dangers of Overwriting part II
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[…]
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Data Insecurity: The Dangers of Overwriting part I
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[…]
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What is Toxic Data?
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[…]
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Protect Healthcare First Responders
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[…]
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The Data Security Risks You Take
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,[…]
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Total Data Destruction
Recovering Data from a Destroyed Drive is Easier Than You Think Do you think shredding or overwriting your media gives you the security of total data destruction? Think again. Degaussing provides total data destruction providing complete data security. Would you imagine[…]
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