Why Use a Hard Drive Destruction Service?

Did you know that hard drives are everywhere? We tend to think that hard drives are only in our computers, but they’re all over the place thanks to today’s technological world. For example did you know that there are hard drives in copiers? It’s true. Now imagine throwing your copier away where a dishonest person is able to get to it. This hacker can not only get into the hard drive, they might be able to see sensitive documents that were stored in the hard drive of the copier. With the right information a hacker or thief could do a great deal of damage.

Hard Drive Shredding

Using a hard drive destruction service is generally the best way to ensure that all of your data is destroyed, permanently, from any hard drive that you may need to be getting rid of. Digital data and digital documents are a security risk for both business owners and individuals, and the information you’ll find on hard drives can be accessed and used for identity theft, something that no one wants to happen. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that your hard drives, all of them, are disposed of properly. What type of hard drives should you worry about? Is it just computer drives that need to be shredded?

Types of Drives:

Any sort of electronic device that has had access to any sort of sensitive data should be gotten rid of properly by a hard drive destruction service. Devices like:

• Mobile devices
• Gaming systems
• Hard drive devices
• Zip or floppy disks
• Credit and debit cards
• Microfilm
• X-rays
• Badges
• Biomedical devices
• RAM

Hard Drive Destruction 

A good rule of thumb to follow is this: if you’re not sure if your device should be properly shredded by a hard drive destruction service, err on the side of caution and destroy it. You never want to give thieves the chance to access any of the data that they might need to steal your identity.

Hard Drive Shredding Disposal Service

An experienced hard drive destruction service like SES will be able to properly dispose of any of your hard drives, and we’ll make sure that they’re thoroughly wiped before they do so. We will be able to format the drive, use magnets to destroy any data on the drive and, as a last and final resort, completely shred the hard drive. A hard drive destruction service is definitely the way you want to go if you’re concerned about making sure that your identity, and any personal or confidential information you have, is kept safe.