An
extensive title, but it is all-encompassing none the less. In my 14
plus years of touching devices, I can say that I have seen and felt
thousands of pieces of equipment. Though the scenarios in which I am
working with the different types of equipment, and the clients certainly
do vary. So what are some of the situations that allow for me to handle
these various pieces of equipment? Good question, so here is my short
list... data center relocations, A/V relocations, data center
decommissioning, and green recycling projects.
I would attest that
physical security in my field of work is number one, and my clients
feel the same way. My thought is the people I work with are so aware
(nervous) about chain of custody, CYA, and the end result being nothing
less than exceptional. This is no matter the scope of work we are
performing. I often find myself hearing clients expressing in a subtle
way that they really want to know I care about their project,
reputation, and it's not just about hitting their wallets as hard and
fast as I can. My work ethic is such that the part in which I have
played in a client's project makes think I leave a little bit of myself
behind each time. So yes I am emotionally involved in each and every
client/client project.
Leaving the various scopes of work on hold
for a moment, there is one particular aspect often discussed with
clients. It's pretty much standard conversation, and if it isn't, I am
without a doubt going to spark conversation on it. The title of this
article says it all, Hard Drive & Media Destruction. I would like to
educate you on the simple definition of destruction. Destruction is a
noun, pronounced /dYÈstrYkSH(Y)n/; and the definition is the action or
process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists
or cannot be repaired.
I have such a deep emotional tie to the
services I am involved in, and look/prepare for worst case 100% of the
time. The simple reason (not really) is that I have been performing tech
services for over a decade and have seen/heard most of it. To be honest
I still see many new things, but this is off topic.
So in keeping
this article to the point and direct, there is only one way to create a
safe end of life solution for your data storage, BY DESTROYING IT (then
green recycle). Companies and people alike take our environment into
consideration more now than in the past with green recycling the massive
amounts of e-waste. Far more people in the past (and now) did not
consider the data held on hard drives, and would call the recycling guy
to come down and "haul" their junk to be "recycled". Like anything in
life, all business and work ethic are not created equally. Some of that
"recycled" equipment and hard drives that were supposed to be "junked"
in fact ended up on online auction sites, and sold locally. This, then
and now is a PR nightmare, and can often times never be undone.
Especially if the data on the hard drives was extracted by someone who
shouldn't have it. Remember that your companies name is attached to the
equipment as well, so we wouldn't want to hear reports of "junked"
equipment being found with your asset tag or serial number down by the
local river.
Some fly by night "recyclers" were found not even
attempting to remove the data from hard drives, or they were using
"formatting" software to "erase" the hard drives. The problem is, if you
are a targeted company or person; there are a multitude of people that
have the abilities to recover data from a "erased" hard drive. This is
one scenario from the past, and it is just as relevant today! Change the
story line just a little, and it applies no matter.
IBM sponsored
the 11th annual Cost of Data Breach Study, which is the industry's
gold-standard benchmark research, independently conducted by Ponemon
Institute. 2016's study found the average consolidated total cost of a
data breach grew from $3.8 million in 2015 to $4 million dollars! In
addition to the data breach cost data, Ponemon Institute's global study
puts the likelihood of a material data breach involving 10,000 lost or
stolen records within the next 24 months at 26%. These numbers will make
you lose your breath, and I hope it doesn't make you lose sleep because
of your last hard drive, media, and recycling pickup.
The entire
point of this article is to raise your awareness on data breaches, and
theft of data. Unless you plan to keep and redeploy not in use hard
drives internally, please mechanically shred all hard drives and media
storage! In my opinion the risk in using 3rd party applications to
delete drive prior to disposing, or trusting someone to take your intact
hard drives away isn't worth your reputation or your companies.
I
believe in what I do, and also base my belief in the end result. An
absolute solution for hard drive disposal and destruction is by one
simple method, mechanically shredding drives... period.
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