As manufacturers, ITADs and VARS now know, the upcoming “Right to Repair” executive order will open up options for the repair of electronics and equipment. PC...
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Retired IT assets on hold waiting for secure disposition. What’s the risk?
Your new IT equipment is in! Woo hoo! STOP. Before you even think about opening those boxes, what are you doing about the retired IT assets? Do you have an IT asset...
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What does a written process have to do with data destruction? Everything.
Just like post-surgery checklists that ensure gauze and instruments aren’t mistakenly left inside the body and then trigger a bigger problem, written data destruction...
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8 tips to reduce your hard drive shred costs
Recently, we laid out the five factors that we use to calculate the per drive shred cost: Onsite vs offsite services Quantity Equipment People Organization A little...
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How Much Does it Cost to Shred Hard Drives
Like any service, multiple factors are involved in calculating the cost of shredding hard drives. In fact, it’s fairly straightforward math with 5 key variables that...
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Budgeting for Data Destruction and Data Center Decommissioning
Happy new year! For many, that means knuckling down to finalize new budgets for the upcoming year. Every department has their own budget to cover new hires...
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What Devices Can Be Shredded? Just About Everything
We’re asked these shred questions over and over again: What devices can we shred? How do we shred this? Can we shred at our location? Is all shredding done on the...
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Data Destruction is a COVID-19 Essential Service FAQs
Secure data destruction and IT asset disposal, due to industry and national security and privacy concerns, have been included as an “essential service” during the...
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COVID-19: How can Guardian Data Destruction help?
Hello from everyone at Guardian! It’s a head-spinning time. Like you, we are taking the coronavirus health impact seriously. Daily, our team meets via Zoom to...
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Point Of Sale Devices DO Have Hard Drives!!
During a recent decommissioning project for a chain of retail stores, we removed Point of Sale units as well as TVs, electronic displays and computers. A Point...
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Global Data Destruction Partners
Guardian’s mission is to be a single-source solution for onsite electronic data destruction, site decommissioning, asset removal, asset disposition, and logistics...
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Electronic Data Destruction 101: Chain of Custody
If it’s time to replace your IT equipment, then it’s time to double check that your data security policy contains a secure chain of custody and an electronic data...
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