On Jan 31, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Stephen Mednick wrote:
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The downside of physically destroying the media as against using a
certified
erase solution to remove the contents is that the obsolete storage
media can
never be acquired on a lease-basis given that the box is not going
to be able to
be returned intact when the lease would have expired. For storage
subsystems that
have been purchased, there's no way that any residual value that
the box might
contain can be realised.
Using a secure storage santisation or overwriting methodology, once
the data has
been removed, it's then possible to put out requests to second hand
equipment
dealers to submit an offer to acquire the box and remove it and at
least get some
dollars back.
Stephan:
It comes down purely (IMO) how valuable the data is. If its nuclear
bomb data (or the like) then I would suggest that cost is not an issue.
If its secure type data (ie HIPAA(sp?) or payroll or bank files) it
is different . Each one probably has its own requirements. I am not a
lawyer (and don't profess to be one). I would suggest that if there
is any question get a lawyer to sign off on it or/in addition to the
government agency that has jurisdiction in the area.
Ed
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