How to evaluate a data-destruction company. If you decide you need to contract with a third-party service to help destroy your data, here are a few questions to consider as you evaluate their services ...

Enterprises such as the College of Southern Maryland can face high stakes when they recycle, donate or throw away end-of-life IT assets. Here is a look at the implications of data destruction. Her ...

We are collecting data at ever-increasing rates as the costs of data storage go down. Why get rid of our beloved data when we can always buy more storage space? Some companies like Google love ...

Compliance standards are shining new light on the need to better control and protect data. There are a multitude of ways to implement a data protection and security strategy, but most organizations ...

DP Electronic Recycling, Elkhorn, Wis., now offers on-site data destruction service. The company uses a portable degausser and shredder to destroy hard drives at its clients’ offices. DP’s data ...

Guardian Data Destruction, a South Hackensack, New Jersey-based data destruction services and information technology asset disposition (ITAD) provider, has appointed Rob Alston as CEO, taking the ...

Here’s a summary of best practices used by Vince Tuesday when using an IT equipment disposal vendor to ensure complete destruction of all data. Tuesday (not his real name) is a security manager at a ...