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Physical destruction
involves methods such as drilling, shredding, degaussing, and incinerating to render the data on a drive irrecoverable.
Data destruction
can be outsourced to third-party vendors who provide services such as certification of destruction/recycling for liability purposes.
Degaussing
involves using a large magnet to remove data from the disk, making it unrecoverable.
Low-level formatting
is the best practice for recycling or repurposing data storage devices, as it helps to erase data
completely
from the drive.
Drilling
: Using a drill to break the platter in the drive.
Shredding
: Use a device to shred the drive into small pieces.
Incinerating
: Melts the drive.
Purpose of Certification of destruction/recycling:
Liability
purposes
Overwriting
: Ensures that data cannot be
recovered
while keeping the storage media
useable.