Or purchase replacement drives and just swap them out... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > My personal recommendation, cite the regulation, write it into the > Contract, and make sure the HD is destroyed properly, either that or don't > do business with the vendor. Pretty cut and dry. You really don't want to > have to go through breach notification. > > Z > > Edward Ziots > CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > 401-639-3505 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 7:39 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Copier Hard Drives and sensitive data? > > If you trash the hard drive will it still function? > If it is leased will that null the agreement and cost you in the end? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Copier Hard Drives and sensitive data? > > It's not FUD. > > Copiers have hard drives, which often store things that users copy, or > use as document templates. > > Trashing the hard drive before disposing of them is good practice, > especially if they're leased. > > Kurt > > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:49, David Mazzaccaro > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This article is full of FUD. Read the comments... > > Here's the link.. it was CBS... > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/eveningnews/main6412439.shtml > > > > ________________________________ > > From: David McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 10:47 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Copier Hard Drives and sensitive data? > > > > Operations Officer comes to me this morning and asks if we wipe our > copiers > > clean before we give them away or throw them away. > > > > I say we clean everything before we ever let it go out of our department > but > > why are you asking about copiers. He proceeds to tell me about a 20/20 > or > > 60 minutes spot where some person but 5 copiers and got all kinds of > > personal info from police departments and what not's because copiers have > > hard drives in them and they retain everything that is copied to them > over > > time. > > > > > > > > So, is this true? > > > > > > > > If so is there a way to 'clean' them before reselling them or trashing > them > > and still keeping them functional? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > ~ 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
