Dispose of your media with care

Simply tossing out old media in a dumpster puts you at risk of someone uncovering and exposing your company's sensitive data. If you collect and store any personal details of staff or clients, then by law you are required to destroy that data securely. Using the erase function on your backup software does not necessarily ensure the data on the tape is unrecoverable.

Protect your company from embarrassing data exposure or damaging litigation, and use DataBank to securely destroy your unwanted media items.

Why should you destroy?

Today's high-capacity tape has very high coercivity specifications. The higher the coercivity the harder it is to degauss the tape. Therefore in-house degaussers may be inadequate to erase data. It takes fairly large, high-powered degaussers to eradicate data from an LTO tape or Super DLT tape cartridge, for example.

For this reason, we recommend destroying media at a trusted secure vendor to ensure your data is destroyed completely and doesn't fall into unknown hands.

What do we destroy?

• ▪ All types of Hard Drives, Hard Disks and Servers
• ▪ All types of magnetic media including 4mm DAT, DLT, LTO, 8mm and reel-to-reel
• ▪ All types of optical media including CDs, DVDs, Jaz, Zip and optical disks
• ▪ All types of audiovisual media including film, Betamax, U-matic and audio recordings
• ▪ All other data such as microfiche, microfilm, flash drives and memory sticks

The Process

We also customise destruction plans to suit individual needs.

Collection

• ▪ A full-time, security-vetted staff member will collect the items from your premises
• ▪ DataBank staff ID will be cited and verified by the client
• ▪ Items are then placed in clearly identified containers marked for destruction
• ▪ A receipt is then issued at the point of exchange
• ▪ Items are then transported in secure and unmarked vehicles fitted with GPS tracking

Verification

• ▪ We verify all destruction by email to a Group A person. Once confirmed we then proceed with the destruction
• ▪ Items are then placed into 240-litre secure lockable containers and escorted to our destruction facility
• ▪ If you are an existing DataBank client, then all items are tracked and traced with our online software

Destruction

• ▪ Media items are destroyed using a mechanical cross-shredder
• ▪ Various levels of destruction are available depending on the level of security required
• ▪ Unrecognisable remnants will then be disposed of appropriately

Compliance and Certification

• ▪ All destruction is witness by a DataBank staff member (Management Level)
• ▪ All destruction is captured on CCTV
• ▪ Destruction is compliant with the requirements of AS/NZS ISO 9001: 2000
• ▪ Certificate of destruction is issued to the client stating: Date, Weight and Witness

For more information, please complete the form below.
Alternatively, call 1800 464 360 or email destruction@databank.com.au