Media Disposal Policy

An organization’s data and information possess tremendous value and must always be safeguarded.

This policy from TechRepublic Premium helps ensure an organization’s storage media are properly cleansed and sanitized prior to disposal, recycling or donation.

From the policy:

When disposing of damaged, unusable, obsolete, off-lease, decommissioned, old, or end-of-service-life equipment and media, the organization requires that the guidelines outlined herein be followed:

Hard drives, SANs and NAS devices must be sanitized using a low-level format compatible with the U.S. Department of Defense data erasure standard (DoD 5220.22-M).

The download comprises a six-page PDF and Word document.

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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