Secure Data Removal and Destruction - The best way to keep your data secure

In a time where computers are being used more and more to store and transmit more and more data. With the advent of internet banking and other services means that people store highly sensitive information on their computers. This has brought about a new type of crime, e-crime. When you dispose of your old computer the information is left on the hard drive, even if you delete it is never really gone. This allows criminals to gather your data for their own gain.

How can we help?

We offer a completely free disposal service or if you require the equipment back we can offer the same service at a charge.

How do get this service for free?

If you are disposing of the computer and you would be willing to allow us to recycle the system once the secure data removal has taken place, we will waver the charge on this service.

What do I get as part of this service?

We will perform a military grade data removal to the DoD 5220.22-M standard which only public services such as the police have the software capable of recovering once the disk has been erased.

What is the DoD 5220.22-M Standard?

The DoD 5220.22-M Standard was defined by the National Industrial Security Program, or NISP. NISP is an organisation created to manage the needs of the private sector to control access to private information. This standard defines what steps should be taken for secure data sanitization. For more information a Wikipedia entry can be found here.

What do I get as part of this service?

As part of this service we an engineer will perform the data destruction. Once the destruction of the data has been verified you will be presented with a certificate in electronic or paper form. This is to will only be issued by our engineer once the engineer has verified the sanitization.

How long does it take?

The process can take from a few hours to several days. The length of time depends on the size of the drive, so the larger the size of the drive the longer the length of time it takes to sanitize it.