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Product Information
The Pure Leverage hard Drive Crusher destroys the enclosure, but most importantly bends the disks. Even a small amount of bend prevents the read/write heads from ever "flying" over the surface of the media without gouging. It would be impossible to flatten them so perfectly that they could ever be spun and read again. Some drives have glass disks which shatter.
Adjustable plunger to accommodate standard 1 inch and laptop drives, and a second position to accommodate thicker high-profile drives sometimes used in servers.
Includes a handle latch and padded grip for easy portability.
The Disk Crusher is made of thick steel bar, laser cut parts and welded to make it heavy duty. It should last a lifetime under normal use and occasional grease lubrication.
The Pure Leverage Disk Crusher has been reviewed by the NSA and meets the requirements for "Hard Drive Destruction". It does the job!
Technical Specifications
ARGUMENTS FOR DESTRUCTION
(Expound on these points in your next Security meeting!)
You may have reasons for keeping old hard drives and cell phones. Maybe procrastination. Perhaps you fear you will need access to that expired data or you’re concerned about outsourcing the destruction. But your concerns are no replacement for the facts, so here are five good reasons you should destroy your old data media.
1. Data Security
Old hard drives are a security liability. A single device can store hundreds of thousands of confidential data files, and electronic data can be compromised even when it’s out-of-date or the device it’s stored on is inoperable.
Deleting digital files from a device doesn’t completely obliterate the data. With the right tools and software, identity thieves and criminals bent on business fraud can still extract information from a hard drive. Physical destruction of your devices is the best way to lower your company’s data breach exposure.
2. Legal Compliance
Data breach consequences include fines and even criminal prosecution for failing to protect consumer information. Each of the following laws require organizations to safeguard personal, health and financial records from unauthorized access:
HIPAA
GLB
FACTA
Destroying your hard drives helps keep your business compliant with these privacy regulations.
3. Cost Savings
In addition to fines and other costs associated with a data breach, don’t overlook the cost of storing old backup media. Every square inch counts when you’re paying a premium for office space. Hoarding outdated computers and storage media means there’s less room for revenue-generating activities.
Some organizations may consider wiping data from the hard drives with special software, but paying for the employees to do that work, and setting up equipment to do so is expensive. The costs of wiping a hard drive (employee time, equipment and software), is actually more than the value of a new replacement device.
Incorporate regular hard drive destruction and recycling into your data security plan to maximize profitability.
4. Client Trust
You work hard to gain the trust of your customers and wouldn’t want to throw it away by compromising their data. Having your old hard drives securely destroyed helps ensure total information privacy for your customers and your business.
5. Brand and Reputation Protection
Besides creating a whirlwind of legal and financial problems for your business, stolen data can permanently damage your corporate brand and reputation. Some businesses never fully recover from a corporate data breach because of the punishing costs and destruction of the brand.