Why Choose Shred-it for Hard Drive Destruction?
- Regularly scheduled pickups or on-demand service on-site, which allows you to see physical drive destruction, or off-site, at the Shred-it facility near you
- A secure chain-of-custody at every touchpoint to keep clients’ data secure throughout our shredding process
- A certificate of hard drive destruction after each service
- Material is securely recycled with local partners
- Shred-it specialists will work with your business to personalize services that your business needs
Deleting Data Is Not Enough
You may be tempted to throw away your old hard drives, erase, or stockpile them in storage. But data that you think you have “deleted” from these devices can easily be recovered and stolen if you are not using a secure destruction method, leaving your business at risk.
Shred-it’s state-of-the-art destruction technology prevents even the most sophisticated data recovery attempts, permanently destroying any information that was or is on your hard drives.
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How to Destroy a Hard Drive?
Shred-it's destruction machines (hydraulic shearer or crusher) are specifically designed to destroy your hard drives so that data can never be retrieved or reconstructed. Shred-it offers two approaches for permanent hard drive destruction that are tailored to fit your business needs:
Shearing Service**
Slices your entire hard drive into small pieces with 40,000 lbs. of destructive force. The process destroys the drive platters, mechanisms, and electronic components, rendering the data unrecoverable.
Crushing Service**
Punches irreparable holes through each hard drive with 7,500 lbs. of force pressure, destroying the drive platters, rippling, and fracturing the magnetic surfaces rendering the drive data unrecoverable.
** Subject to local availability
Shred-it Secure Chain-of-Custody
Our better-than-industry standards start with our secure chain-of-custody protocols. We invest in the latest technologies to ensure end-to-end tracking of your hard drives:
Barcode scan at every touchpoint for a complete chain of custody
GPS-tracked fleets ensure end-to-end tracking of your material
Locked trucks and secure totes keep information safe in transit
Certificate of Destruction certifies that your material was destroyed in a compliant manner
Tamper-proof containers keep hands off your materials
Secure, monitored facilities protect your information before it's destroyed
The Shred-it Advantage: Leading in Secure Document Destruction
Shred-it protects organizations' information for their people, customers and brands. With 30 years of experience, our primary focus on document security helps ensure your confidential information remains confidential. We offer paper, hard drive, and speciality shredding services.
Service Reliability
With the largest shredding fleet and the largest service footprint in North America, we are where you are.
Security Expertise
With the most NAID AAA certified mobile/on-site and plant-based facilities, we keep your information safe.
Customer Experience
With the highest customer satisfaction among all vendors, we are 100% committed to your protection and satisfaction.
