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Regardless of the size of your business, there will come a time when sensitive data on computer hard drives will need destroying. Taking on the task destroying a hard drive is an often dangerous as well as time-consuming task. If you’re needing to destroy a hard drive, chances are you are wanting to ensure that the […]

Scan the pages of online auction sites. Within them you will find second-hand disk drives for sale, many still containing personal information. Just in February of this year, the Indiana State Medical Association had two backup hard disk drives stolen while being transported to an off-site storage location. This resulted in more than 39,000 patients

Data security is becoming increasingly important as both an issue of business control and of civil liberties. Customers want to know that their data is protected. Citizens want security that their sensitive data is not provided to the government or inappropriate businesses without their knowledge. For this reason, companies that hold data on their servers

Federal legal standards for the disposal of protected health information (PHI) on digital media require that patient information and vital identity information be completely erased and rendered unrecoverable before hard disks on which the data are saved can be re-used, transferred or sold. The hard drive eraser refers to the technology that makes complete unrecoverable removal of disk stored

Have you ever thought of how you’ll deal with the end of your computer’s life cycle? Surely you know that you can’t just throw the computer out. It isn’t legal and, in terms of data security, it isn’t safe. Here are five reasons to consider getting a hard drive crusher from Phiston Technologies. 1. Our products can

Part of your data security plan should always include erasing old data which could fall into the wrong hands. This protects not only your customers, but also your business. The last thing you want to do is to make customers feel your business is careless when it comes to their sensitive information. Protecting their data

Information security is a battle on multiple fronts. Firewalls to prevent unauthorized remote access, passwords and fingerprint scanners to prevent unauthorized physical access, even padlocks to prevent lifting a whole machine from a secure site. There are systems in place to thwart a whole range of nefarious data thieves; expert hackers, moles, and cat burglars,

For many businesses data is just as valuable as the products and services they sell. In an effort to properly secure and dispose of sensitive information, data destruction has become a part of ensuring customers and clients that their private data remains safe. Many companies feel confident using a hard disk eraser to wipe hard drives, but