If you follow the news, you will know that hacking into computer networks of large and small companies is big business. Personal data and information, like any commodity, can be extremely valuable.
Zdnet provides 24/7 news coverage about tech trends and estimates that more than 1,000,000 personal records were illegally accessed in 2014. This includes financial, personal, and home address information, as well as personal information such Social Security numbers. According to industry experts, this is more than 54 percent higher than the previous year and there is no indication that these numbers will slow down.
For example, this year more than 191 million U.S. voter’s information were compromised by an error in the voter data base. Don’t believe me? Anthem, the largest of the world’s health insurance companies, was hacked in 2015. 80 million Americans had their personal data leaked.
“It’s not just corporate data ? it’s not just cyberterrorism; everyone is fair game,”Drew Del Matto was the chief financial officer at Fortinet. He spoke to Investors Business Daily during an interview last year.
Hacking has become a norm. Clearing the drive using traditional methods such as deleting files or formatting it is not enough. These files can be easily recovered by anyone who is skilled enough.
Enter Data KillersCapitol Asset Recovery, a Maryland-based company, has merged with. This merger gives. decades of experience in recycling and refurbishing IT equipment, as well as hard drive destruction. Any proprietary information that may remain on obsolete equipment will be permanently deleted.
Although some might argue that it is not cost-effective to destroy hard drives on an ongoing basis or on an occasion basis, experts counter that the benefits of using Data Killers and their solutions are minimal when compared with accidentally leaking financial and customer information.
“We provide tangible data security solutions to some of the largest financial institutions and most secretive federal agencies in the world,”Zack Boorstein is vice president of Data Killers.
Data Killers offers secure and certified nationwide hard drive destruction services. We use degaussers that have been approved by the National Security Agency and shredders that are protected by patents. On-site and off-site hard drive destruction, disintegration, high-speed degaussing and serial and barcode scanning, demanufacturing and media destruction are some of the services offered by Data Killers. Nationally recognized certificates of destruction.
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