On Site Hard Drive Crushing

On-Site Hard Drive Crushing Let’s you Witness the End of Information

If your company has high security needs and absolutely requires hard drives to be physically destroyed so that information is inaccessible and the drive cannot be reused, then let us bring our portable hard drive crusher to your site. This tool plugs into a standard 110 volt outlet and provides a safe and effective means of destroying all the platters of the drive. It can process about 100 drives per hour and you will be able to see how each drive is permanently destroyed. Crushed drives are then placed into a secure bin and sent directly to a Cascade shredder for further size reduction and then recycling. Cascade technicians are also available to pull drives from units prior to crushing and can scan and/or record serial numbers and asset tags of each drive prior to crushing. A Certificate of Destruction and detailed Disposition Report is left with the customer after the drives are crushed.

Why would a company need to crush drives on site?
If your security policy requires the physical destruction of drives on site, then this service is appropriate. Often times, a company may just want to physically destroy drives containing more sensitive information, such as executive’s drives and server drives. Cascade can work with you to pull these hard drives from the units on-site and then crush them in front of your eyes.

The benefits of using Cascade’s on-site crushing service:

• Our crushing tool is more effective at physical destruction than degaussing, drill presses, and the more rudimentary “hammer” technique. It’s also a lot safer than drilling and pounding with a hammer.
  
  
• The system is faster than most other options, with its ability to crush about 100 drives per hour.
  
  
• As opposed to degaussing, you can physically see when the drive is destroyed by or crusher.
  
  
• The crusher takes just minutes to set up and take down. It is self contained and can roll into any spot with a 100v outlet.
  
  
• Cascade will send an operator who can also remove the drives from devices prior to crushing and record asset details on crushed drives.
  
  
• The Cascade staff member who operates the device has passed a criminal back ground check and is required to meet the high standards of Cascade’s security and customer service program.
  
  
• There’s no mess with this service. When we’re done, everything is cleaned and the drives are hauled away to a Cascade facility for shredding and recycling.