Employee information, receipts, credit card transactions, customer information, healthcare forms contain so much information. Hard drives in numerous machines in your office can store information from these documents. However, if a hacker comes in contact with this information, it will be like unlocking a treasure chest.
If you delete the information from the device before getting rid of it, the information won’t be there anymore, right? Wrong. When you delete files from the hard drive, this does not mean your files will completely disappear. Deleting the file just gets rid of the road that leads to the file.
You would be surprised at how many hard drives have been found that still consisted of sensitive information. It is not difficult for someone to get their hands on software and tools that will allow them to retrieve the sensitive information left on the hard drive. One person can get their hands on a hard drive and release information that one person thought was gone forever.
If you really want to protect sensitive information, we recommend that you consider destroying the hard drives. One of the main reasons hard drives are destroyed is to prevent the computer chips from being retrieved and to prevent the spinning of the hard disk. If you are operating machines that use solid-state drives, you have to completely destroy the chips located inside of the drive so one can access the information.
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If you don’t want someone to access personal information on hard drives, destroying the hard drive is your best option. Before getting rid of any machines in the workplace, do not forget to remove the hard drives so that you can properly destroy them. Phiston Technologies uses various hard drive destroyers. Each destroyer can perform effective data destruction.
The next time you remove information from a device, remember that hitting the Delete key won’t remove the information permanently. Choosing the right data destruction equipment provider can prevent you from worrying about compliance with regulations and other laws. At Phiston Technologies, we offer a secure and verifiable solution to destroy sensitive documents.
If you want to ensure you follow the regulations and have peace of mind in knowing your confidential information will not land in the hands of someone with wrong intentions, contact us today for more information.
