Hardware Shredding

Now becoming more widespread thanks to disk grinders for CDs and DVDs, shredding is a very secure method of data erasure.  Not only will it destroy a data storage device usually beyond repair, but it will often disturb the magnetism, making the data unreadable anyway.

High quality, efficient hardware shredding machines are very expensive - for a machine capable of shredding hard drives at a reasonable rate and to a suitable size you would expect to pay over £20,000.

When looking at hardware data erasure machine specifications, factors include:

• Speed; around 1 minute per hard drive would be acceptable.
• Waste size; the smaller the shredded parts, the less chance of data recovery.
• Maintinence; due to the power involved, machines require regular check-ups.
• Size; a capable hard-drive shredded is very large, often around 1.5 metres tall.

I have two high specification hardware shredders available. If you require hardware data erasure services please contact me for a quote.