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Practical guides on sanitization standards, compliance and retiring IT equipment.
How to Plan a Data Center Decommissioning, Step by Step
A data center exit touches security, finance, facilities and the lease all at once. This step-by-step plan covers inventory, valuation, sequencing, data destruction and the reporting you need to close the project cleanly.
Read article · 6 min readWhat Texas Law Requires When You Dispose of Business Records and Devices
Texas has two statutes that apply directly to throwing away records with customer information, and both cover electronic records on old computers and drives. Here is what they say, who enforces them, and how to show you complied.
Read article · 5 min readHIPAA-Compliant Disposal of Computers and Drives: A Practical Checklist
The HIPAA Security Rule requires written procedures for disposing of and reusing any media that holds ePHI. This checklist covers the rule, the vendor agreement, the devices people forget, and the records you should keep.
Read article · 6 min readNIST SP 800-88 vs DoD 5220.22-M: Which Data Sanitization Standard to Require in 2026
Many contracts and RFPs still ask for a "DoD 3-pass wipe." Here is why NIST SP 800-88 is the standard to require in 2026, what Revision 2 changed, and the exact language to put in your next ITAD agreement.
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