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Updated 03.12.08


Asset Destruction by Certified Engineers 

  Who Better to Handle your
Electronic Media Destruction
than the engineers who maintain it?
 


Rarely does a day go by when you don't hear about some organization that has inadvertently released confidential data to the public. Organizations are spending billions of dollars to ensure that they are handling their data and in compliance with the various and sometime conflicting governmental rules. If you are looking for a cohesive plan for handling all your data destruction needs, you have found the right source.

SMS as part of its asset management program has a solution that is:

  • HIPAA compliant for repair, or destruction and return.
  • DOD 5220.22M Standard destruction compliance.
  • EPA compliant for proper disposal of remains.
  • Sarbanes-Oxley with destruction, degaussing and return.

All data destruction services can be purchased as needed when needed or included in your monthly bill.

Hard Drive Destruction and Shredding

SMS offers the ultimate in Data Destruction - Hard Drive Shredding.  This process is used when the hard drive sanitizing process cannot be completed or when the Overwriting/Sanitizing process does not address all in-house compliance issues. Our shredding process results in particle sizes from less than ¼” up to 2” in diameter.

SMS will arrange for:

  • Pick-up and Transport:
    • Assigned Account manager and Field Engineer.
    • Nationwide Service that may be local to your area.
    • Secure pick-up and asset tracking with lock boxes.
  • Detailed Destruction Procedures
    • Bar code scanning of all serial numbers on-site.
    • Print out of serial number and signature capture of IT personnel.
    • View your hard drive's destruction live at our facility.
    • Optional IP network camera viewing available.
  • Certain Destruction
    • Certificate of Destruction upon completion.
    • Environmentally compliant recycling of all materials.
    • Facility is located minutes away from downtown New York City.

All data destruction services can be purchased as needed when needed or included in your monthly bill.

Hard Drive Sanitization

SMS performs all levels of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act Standard) and DOD (5220.22M Standard) compliant disk sanitizing on PCs and servers alike.  Our process ensures that your hard drive is cleared of data and/or destroyed, including removal of all identifying labels and/or asset tags. 

  • We provide a software solution for sanitizing and erasing data of up to 200 drives simultaneously.
  • Erases information from all types of IDE, SATA, and SCSI drives.
  • A detailed log file is generated identifying whether the sanitizing was 100% successful.
  • If any error is detected, the hard drive is then pulled and tagged to be destroyed as described in Hard Drive Destruction..
  • If a hard drive is not detected by the host system, it is automatically destroyed as described in Hard Drive Destruction.
  • SMS's Certificate of Sanitizing will be issued upon completion.

All data destruction services can be purchased as needed when needed or included in your monthly bill.






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