Data Disposal

Campus Safety is committed to the concept that any surplus electronic media be cleaned, with a wipe utility that prevents the recovery of any data from a device, prior to being salvaged, surplused, or disposed of. The following standard has been stated:

 

Surplus of Computers:

  • A random bit wipe, where each sector of a disk is erased and written to a minimum of three times using a compliant wipe utility (Follow the instructions below):
  • Requesting Unit Submit a signed FMD Media Disposal Assurance Form.
  • Contact Facilities Management 966-4700 for pick-up or drop-off information.

 

Disposal of Media:

  • Tape or Floppy Disk – Magnetic Media Cut, Severed, Degaused or Over Written with applicable wiping utility such as DBAN.
  • Hard drives – Magnetic Platters Drilled or Removed, Broken, Degaused or Over Written with applicable wiping utility such as DBAN.
  • USB or Solid State Drive (SSD) – Destroy Chips Inside, or follow these Secure Erase procedures.

Please contact Tech Services at 966-4806 or  for further assistance.