Destruction Services Overview
Resource 1 – Tier 3 Data Security provides an array 0f service options designed to assist our clients navigate the stringent disposal laws of their organization’s retired IT assets at their end of life. Our unique services ensure complete destruction compliance for all devices containing federally protected PPI. We designed our EPA compliant sustainable recycling solutions to lessen the impact of hazardous materials flowing into our general waste streams.
Our destruction services (both mobile and facility-based options,) include auditable Certificates of Destruction, are NAID AAA Certified, ensure 100% compliance on destruction of all devices containing PPI, (Private Protected Information,), and our recycling services are fully compliant with applicable EPA disposal guidelines.
Whether you require a complete IT floor sweep or just a few PCs, servers or laptops, managed after their useful lifecycle expectancyWe guarantee that private memos, employee social security numbers, banking logins, corporate financial information, proprietary secrets, and confidential profit and loss figures are destroyed at your facility while you witness the entire process. We proudly maintain a perfect score in destroying our clients’ protected information and since 2007 have destroyed hundreds of millions of PPI files with zero incidents.
From the C Suite perspective, failure to follow compliance laws governing the handling of PPI can lead to lawsuits and fines levied against the corporation. The damage can be significant, and the corporation’s reputation and brand can be irretrievably damaged if the assets are lost, stolen or fall into the wrong hands.
Certified IT Asset Destruction and Recycling Solutions
Utilizing a custom-built mobile shredding Lab with its own 40 kW generator, we perform NAID AAA Certified destruction onsite witnessed by your representative. This mitigates all chain- of-custody issues by avoiding transportation of devices containing protected data.
List of Storage Devices we shred into 20MM x 40MM Particulate at your facility:- 3.5” HD
- 2.5” HD
- SSD Drives
- MSATA and NVMe Storage Devices
- System Backup Tapes and VHS Tapes
- CD ROM and Floppy Drives
- Cellular Phones and Tablets
- Networking & Mother Boards
(We’ve even destroyed malfunctioning Tasers for law enforcement agencies!),
For clients preferring a more centralized approach, our NAID AAA Certified facility at 2401 Vance Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404, offers secure hard drive shredding in a secure environment.
Assets are processed with full compliance to NAID standards, including audits for operational security, employee screening, and responsible disposal. This service is ideal for bulk processing or when mobile collection isn’t feasible, ensuring the same level of transparency and certification as our mobile destruction service. List of Storage Devices we shred at our highly secure NAID AAA Certified facility:
- 3.5” HD
- 2.5” HD
- SSD Drives
- MSATA and NVMe Storage Devices
- System Backup Tapes and VHS Tapes
- CD ROM and Floppy Drives
- Cellular Phones and Tablets
- Networking & Mother Boards
- Removal of Devices/Drives from Host Computer System
- Full Data Center Deinstallation and Transport/ Removal and EPA compliant recycling of Retired IT Assets
- EPA Compliant CRT & LCD Monitor Removal and Recycling: (NOTE- There will be an EPA ‘Hazardous Substance’ fee applied to these devices)
- PS/Battery removal and EPA compliant recycling
- Removal and sustainable IT Asset Disposition of retired IT Assets and Zero-Landfill Recycling Services are offered at no charge (*) to our destruction clients.