E-Waste Solutions
NAID AAA Certification: Our Credentials Should Matter to You
When you’re shopping for vendors, most will talk about their credentials and certifications, their processes and procedures, and why a few extra acronyms or letters attached to the end of a business designation make them the most qualified choice. What many will not explain to you is the inner workings of those certifications and why…
Read MoreThe Growing E-Waste Problem
The piles of discarded electronics are growing ever larger. According to Brooks Hoffman, “In 2014, the world collectively tossed an estimated 44.4 million metrics tons of unwanted “e-waste” – battery-powered or plug tethered devices”. It is estimated that by 2030 that number will grow to about 74.7 million tons. What Happens To E-Waste? There was…
Read MoreHard Drive Destruction Options
In today’s digital-focused society having a process for managing your electronic waste is critical. It’s especially important if the waste you manage contains proprietary or personally identifiable information. For business IT managers, knowing and understanding your options is key. When it comes to digital data destruction, there are three primary options when it comes to…
Read MoreThe Risks of Residual Data
Is your data ever really gone? A report published by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID®) revealed that 40% of second-hand devices still held personally identifiable information. Smartphones, tablets, and hard drives were subjected to recovery attempts using software freely available online, nearly half of which yielded personal information. “NAID employed only basic measures…
Read MoreUpgrading Your Systems? What Happens to Your Old Devices?
With Microsoft’s Windows 7 reaching its End-of-Life on January 14th this year, devices running this operating system will no longer be receiving security updates. This puts many Windows 7 users at risk, especially businesses responsible for keeping their customer’s information safe. But before you go upgrading to new equipment and tossing hard drives into storage,…
Read MoreOur 2019 Environmental Savings Report
AUGUSTA DATA STORAGE RELEASES 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2019 marked another year of exciting changes and growth for our organization! As we continue to expand our footprint for secure shredding services across the CSRA, we’re also working to improve our records management offerings and streamline our processes to lighten the load of those tasked with information…
Read MoreMust-Have Specialized Destruction Services
For a business needing to protect both your company’s and your clients’ confidential information, responsible destruction practices don’t stop with the disposal of old documents and hard drives. In reality, your business produces a variety of media types that, without proper destruction, risk your company’s good name and pose additional environmental threats. At Augusta Data…
Read MoreQuestions to Ask Your Secure Destruction Provider
Keeping the information about your company and your clients confidential is one of the most important challenges you’ll face as a business dealing with large volumes of private documents and records. Shredding and disposing of media yourself will only bog down your business’s efficiency without providing the best professional practices. For reliable and secure records…
Read MoreAugusta Data Storage Offers New Secure Collection Containers for Electronic Devices
At Augusta Data Storage, we are always looking for ways to meet the growing needs of our customer base in the CSRA. We pride ourselves on being a solutions-driven service provider, and we recently got to put our problem-solving skills to the task! For many of our customers, the convenience and security of our collection…
Read MoreProtecting Your Information and the Environment Part 2: E-waste Destrcution
In 2016 Augusta Data Storage was proud to add secure e-waste destruction to our list of NAID-AAA Certified destruction processes. As a part of these services we process a variety of “end-of-life” electronic devices that might otherwise end up in landfills, including hard drives, server drives memory boards, back-up tapes, mobile devices, computers and more.…
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