In 2018, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services’ (HSS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) republished the rules for disposing of electronic devices, media and data bearing devices for HIPAA […]
March 9, 2021 ASCDI (Association of Service, Communications, Data and ITAD Providers) recently interviewed Glenn Laga, Guardian Data Destruction President and Founder, to tease out trends in the post-COVID IT device
Recently, we laid out the five factors that we use to calculate the per drive shred cost: A little worried? Don’t be. If you look at the factors one by one,
Like any service, multiple factors are involved in calculating the cost of shredding hard drives. In fact, you might be surprised that the shred cost per drive is fairly straightforward
- Chain of Custody
- Custom Solutions
- Data Destruction
- Erasure
- IT Packing & Logistics
- Recycling
- Secure Transport
- Shredding
- White glove & EOL packing
Quick quiz: What is an unusual logistics request that comes up more often than you’d think? Answer: Kiosks! Kiosk removal. Kiosk logistics. Kiosk recycling. So. What qualifies as a kiosk today?
Happy new year! For many, that means knuckling down to finalize new budgets for the upcoming year. Every department has their own budget to cover new hires, technology upgrades, replacements
Are you ready for an audit? Or to defend your department in the wake of a data breach? Here are the six critical documentation steps that your auditor (or legal
IT departments and risk management teams are often unsure what to do with highly sensitive or data-laden equipment. Especially when that hardware is old and has no real market value.
We’re asked these shred questions over and over again: What devices can we shred? How do we shred this? Can we shred at our location? Is all shredding done on