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Although many organisations collect redundant ICT & office equipment, our WEEE management services are focused at organisations that demand security conscientious and reliable solutions.
Magnetic media such as hard drives, floppy disks, DAT, Zip, videotapes, etc. may be recycled and reused, however, data protection issues must come first. As a rule, most workstation drives are suitable for overwriting and reuse. It is more secure to re-deploy surplus server hard drives (normally SCSI) within the same organisation or ensure they are totally destroyed.
Conscientious disposal of hard drives can often prove expensive and time consuming. Aside from consuming internal resources, drive destruction and their subsequent disposal often require the services of 3rd party companies.
Drive destruction is not environmentally friendly as no resources are reclaimed. In order for hard drives to be reused safely, their entire content needs to be securely deleted. This deletion process is achieved by overwriting the data on the drive. The amount of overwrites per drive is dictated by the sensitivity of the original data.
The AES solution guarantees high security and full compliance with the Data Protection Act, Software Piracy Act and WEEE directive on Waste management. We supply operatives and equipment to securely wipe all hard drives on-site. Any drives that cannot be over-wiped due to physical errors or damage are placed through a NATO and *SEAP approved Degausser. The Degausser has been approved by the UK Government and meets the specified requirements of SEAP (Security Equipment Assessment Panel) for the secure erasure and destruction of information and data stored on magnetic media up to TOP SECRET level.
*SEAP (Security Equipment Assessment Panel) is an organisation of the Cabinet Office responsible for approving security equipment used to protect Government Assets. This standard was published in June 1997 to enable manufacturers to submit Degaussers against a defined requirement. It specifies the methods of testing and performance of degaussing equipment for use in the destruction of Government protectively marked information. Equipment is categorised as Type 2 (Higher) and Type 1 (Lower) according to the level of erasure they offer.
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