Smart TV and Display Data: What Gets Stored
The Data Hiding in Your Display Screens Smart TVs and interactive displays have become common in corporate meeting rooms, lobbies, retail environments,…
Data Destruction for IoT Devices
The Growing Challenge of IoT Disposal The Internet of Things (IoT) has expanded the definition of what constitutes a data-bearing device. Smart sensors,…
Verification of Data Destruction: How to Confirm It Worked
Trust But Verify Performing data destruction is only half the job. Verifying that the destruction was actually successful is equally important. Without…
Overwriting Standards Compared: DoD vs NIST vs Others
Making Sense of Data Overwriting Standards Organisations looking to implement data destruction processes quickly encounter a confusing landscape of…
Magnetic Media vs Solid State: Different Destruction Needs
Two Technologies, Two Destruction Strategies The IT equipment in any organisation likely contains a mix of magnetic and solid-state storage media….
Cloud Decommissioning and Data Destruction
Data Destruction When You Do Not Own the Hardware Cloud computing has shifted vast amounts of data from on-premises infrastructure to shared platforms…
Virtual Machine Remnants on Physical Hardware
When Virtual Machines Leave Physical Traces Virtualisation has transformed how organisations deploy and manage IT workloads. Virtual machines (VMs) run on…
Network Attached Storage Disposal
NAS Devices: More Than Just a Box of Drives Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are a common fixture in offices and server rooms, providing shared file…
BIOS and UEFI Data: Security Implications
The Security Data Stored in Your System Firmware Every computer has a foundational layer of firmware that runs before the operating system loads. In older…
Firmware-Level Data: What Most People Miss
The Data Layer That Standard Wiping Overlooks When organisations think about data destruction, they typically focus on the obvious storage locations: hard…