Erasure Verification Services

 Organizations that prefer to perform their own data erasing processes, and want confirmation that their processes have successfully destroyed all data, can contact Kroll Ontrack for the Erasure Verification Service.

The Importance of Erasure Verification

Why should organizations take such rigorous steps to ensure that data has been completely and verifiably removed from a hard drive? While these procedures may seem overly cautious, consider the risks of not taking such steps for data destruction.

• Theft of sensitive data: Leaving sensitive information on a desktop or laptop hard drive or other storage device that reaches the end of its life cycle puts your organization at risk for data theft. Highly publicized data privacy breaches have damaged the credibility of many businesses and government entities and have often led to litigation.
• Poor control of internal data accessibility: Using an erasure product or service on an employee’s computer after he/she leaves a company – and before that computer is given to another employee – helps limit access to sensitive information.
• Regulatory compliance violations: Data privacy and retention regulations force organizations to both retain and dispose of certain data and prove that proper procedures are in place to maintain compliance. Data erasure software or erasure hardware will help your organization better meet these regulations.