How does one do this (physical destruction)? I keep reading "shredder", but that sounds like a pretty special machine as well. Thanks! -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
"Ziots, Edward" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/29/2008 09:09:37 AM: > I would actually look into physical destruction, and bypass the > Degaussing. > > Z > > Edward E. Ziots > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 401-639-3505 > MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Disk degauss services? > > Greetings! > > I've been informed that, for PCI-compliance, old hard drives (from > decomissioned servers, etc) need to be degaussed rather than > over-written > by something like DBAN. > > Does anyone have experience with a company which offers this service and > > which they would recommend? I can Google and get several, but I am > looking for personal experiences any of you may have had. > > FWIW, we're in Illinois, about 120 miles south of Chicago. > > Thanks! > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
