Secure data destruction matters no matter where you do business. Hard drive degaussing is one of many services provided by Wisetek. Our data destruction capabilities and ITAD solutions are ideal for organizations since they are comprehensive, audited, and certified.
Sensitive data should never be left to chance. Over half of all states have data disposal laws, which can be stringent and result in fines or penalties for non-compliance. Hard drive degaussing is a process whereby powerful magnets are used to scramble all data stored on magnetic media such as hard disk drive HDD technology. Magnetic storage media contain moving parts, one of which is a small disc, the platter, which stores all data on the hard drive.
When exposed to strong magnetic forces, all data stored on the platter is rendered completely useless. Degaussing is amongst the most efficient means of securely destroying sensitive data stored on magnetic media, but it may not work on alternate forms of media such as solid-state drives and many older tape media formats. In these cases, other methods of secure data destruction are required. Many commercial-grade hard drive degaussers are unable to reach the intensity of magnetic forces required to guarantee assured destruction of sensitive data on magnetic media.
NSA-approved degaussers used by Wisetek completely destroy all sensitive data on magnetic media without leaving any opportunity for thieves to retrieve the data afterwards.
Although hard drive degaussers can be purchased for use within organizations, there are a number of problems and risks associated with doing it yourself. Also, commercial hard drive degausser equipment often fails to achieve sufficient magnetic forces to ensure that all data stored on magnetic devices is completely erased.
Wisetek has been a global leader in ITAD services, including hard drive degaussing, since Our certifications are internationally-recognized and our processes follow a strict audit trail, resulting in quality service within the United States and worldwide. Hard drives that have been degaussed show no signs of physical damage, which means that inadequate quality hard drive degaussing may leave retrievable data should a thief ever get their hands on the drive later.
NSA-approved degaussers are always recommended to prevent the loss of data, potentially resulting in a major data breach. The average size of a data breach is 25, records. Data breaches are a serious concern that will likely only grow in the coming years. Eliminate a major source of data breaches with professional degaussing and ITAD services from Wisetek.
The mangled remnants drop into your waste bin for easy recycling and disposal. All our equipment is designed to meet nsa, dod and hipaa standards. The former usually penetrates a big hole in the middle of a hard drive, or bends a hard drive into v or w shape, and the latter generally shreds hard drive into small pieces.
This hard drive crusher meets the physical destruction piece of the nsa degauss and destroy requirements when used with an nsa approved degausser. When combined with proper degaussing, crushers permanently destroy hard drives and make data recovery impossible.
Hard Drive Degausser And Crusher - So far, a physical hard drive destroyer means a hard drive crusher or a hard drive shredd er. Holding the object to be degaussed in one hand, depress the Eraser start button and move it towards the object. Once close to the object or section of material, begin moving the Eraser with a small circular motion and then increase the radius of the circle as you draw the Eraser away from the object.
If this happens accidentally, just redo the degaussing procedure over again starting from the beginning. Be sure to cover the entire surface area of the object being degaussed. Then slowly withdraw the eraser while still running until it is at least 3 feet away. Then release the power switch. The magnetometer can be used to check the sufficiency of the degaussing procedure.
After degaussing, rotate the object close to an operating magnetometer to see if there is a response from the magnetometer.
This is best done with a cesium magnetometer operated in gradient mode, but it can be done with a single sensor with one person watching the result and another moving the object near the sensor. This is due to the size of the gap in the degaussing unit. A small gap makes for a very large degaussing field at the gap about gauss, or million nanoteslas , but also for a very rapid falloff away from the gap.
Bulk tape erasers are optimized to penetrate through the thickness of a typical video tape. This gives a typical depth of an inch 2. Deeper objects may need to be degaussed using stronger degaussing fields. Degaussing through a conductive chassis: An additional problem occurs when the object being degaussed is covered by a conductive surface such as a sheet of aluminum.
The degaussing field will generate huge eddy currents in the conductive surface which will generate its own opposing magnetic field. This will be evident to the operator because the opposing field will cause the degausser to buzz loudly.
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