Do your company or you store old laptops, desktop computers or hard drives in a room? We even throw out the old electronics gadgets after buying new devices. But we make huge mistakes by doing that. The old gadgets contain various information about us. When we throw away gadgets, there is a huge risk that any hacker can hack all of our information. To prevent that from happening you should contact a professional hard drive destruction service to destroy the information permanently.
The Devices That Should Be Destroyed
According to NAID standards and practices, you should destroy media storage devices physically in order to prevent hacking or restoring the data again without your consent. Keep in mind that every device is made of a specific material and you have to destroy it by using specific methods.
There are few devices that should be destroyed including:
- IT-Media should be destroyed by an off-site shredding vault.
- Disk drives should be destroyed by Mobile shredding or off-site shredding vault.
- You can destroy flash media and microfilm by vault pulverization.
Advantages of Destroying Old Devices
- Keep Your Data Secure
These old electronic gadgets contain various confidential data about you. Despite deleting all the data, it is not destroyed permanently. The hackers can still access your data by using advanced software. If you own a company, then the hackers can easily commit ID theft against you or your clients. It can damage the reputation of your company forever. - Reduce Unnecessary Cost
Many business owners rent space for their business. If you are one of them, then you have to give money for every square inch of the space. Hence, you should contact a hard drive destruction service to destroy the storage physically instead of keeping them in a storage room. As a result, you are able to reduce the unnecessary cost and get more profit. - Avoid Hefty Fines
Destroying old electronic and useless gadgets of your office protects you from giving heavy penalties. If a security breach happens in your company, you may have to give heavy penalties. To avoid the whole situation, it is suggested to get advice from a hard drive destruction service. - Save Your Surrounding Environment
Nowadays we buy various types of gadgets very frequently and throw away the old ones. But this practice is very harmful to the environment as the old gadgets fill up the landfills. If we do not stop the practice, we will have to pay for it one day. So, destroying the gadgets in an eco-friendly way is the best solution for the problem.
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Do you want to destroy your old devices and protect your business? Then you can consult with the professionals of Innovative IT solutions as soon as possible.
