The National Association of Information Destruction (NAID) recommends that information destruction be outsourced to a professional firm. Outsourcing allows firms and their staff to concentrate on their core competencies. The Midwest Computer Forensic Lab provides an audit and certificate of data destruction for your records. We can even establish a secure chain of custody of items from your facility to ours.Redundant erasure is highly recommended to help ensure total erasure. The Midwest Computer Forensic Lab will utilize a three-pass wipe, which complies with the Department of Defense standard 5220.22M. Midwest Computer Forensic Lab can help you meet the electronic media requirementsаby providing a reputable professional to sanitize your drives and document the drive identity, date, time, and method of "wiping". The Midwest Computer Forensic Lab uses a variety of diagnostic tools to visually inspect every single hard drive processed and manually verify that data wiping tools have successfully eradicated all data. The number of computer systems being retired is growing into the hundreds of millions and the need to protect the sensitive data on those systems is also growing dramatically. Given the fact that computers are repositories for financial records, medical records, legal documents, and other confidential information, the importance of destroying hard drive data when systems are retired, cannot be overstated. The cost and time associated with erasing data leads many businesses to utilize external resources for data security solutions. It is best to rely on the expertise and resources of professionals with a demonstrated core competency in data security. It takes special expertise in hard drive structures, file types, and wiping technologies to reliably wipe a drive. Manual verification by a skilled technician from the Midwest Computer Forensic Lab, is the only way to be sure data has been completely erased. For further information, or if you would like to meet and discuss your plans for handling your business digital media, contact me by phone at (319) 540-2707 or email at MidwestCFL@Gmail.com. Greg Koenighain, EnCE,CFCE
Lab Director
Midwest Computer Forensic Lab
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