With all the talk about cybersecurity, businesses might forget to secure the sensitive information on their used hard drives. The best way to do this is to destroy any used hard drives completely. It will, therefore, rob the thieves of the opportunity to take the used equipment home. Protecting sensitive data contained in these devices is why organizations need a hard drive destroyer.
Who’s at Risk for Used Hard Drive Theft?
Everyone is at risk of having their laptop, desktop, or any other digital device stolen, including organizations, businesses, and individuals. Yet, organizations and businesses, such as government agencies, hospitals, large companies, financial institutions, and educational institutions – are most at risk. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, their used hard drives have the most sensitive information (data) about people. Secondly, they have many workers and people inside their buildings from day to day.
Hiring and implementing a physical security system and guards to protect the building is good. Yet, the problem is often that an insider source is stealing the used hard drives. Even the janitor may be tempted if any they are left intact long enough.
The reality is, there are dishonest people working in or around these large organizations or businesses’ buildings every day – ready to take advantage of any dishonest opportunities.
Hard Drive Destruction Policy
There’s a simple solution: develop a hard drive destruction policy for all media storage devices. This destruction policy should be facilitated by trusted employees and happen immediately after used media storage devices are decommissioned from use. If you destroy all the hard drives, mobile devices, and other media storage devices immediately, then all the thieves will have to steal is a pile of rubble.
Phiston Technologies Has the Solution
Once organizations and businesses see the vital need of destroying their used hard drives and media storage devices, they can now take preventative action with the help of Phiston Technologies’ comprehensive media destroying products.
These products include hard drive destroyers, solid-state drive destroyers, and optical media destroyers. The MediaVise®, MediaVise® Compact, and MediaDice ™ line of products all meet NSA specifications for destruction and define innovation, ingenuity, as well as integrity. If interested in learning more please contact us today.
