Retired Devices, Active Risks: How an ITAD Company Protects Data After Decommissioning

Retired IT hardware remains a data security risk long after it's marked decommissioned, since devices often retain business records, credentials, and residual data even with broken storage or after factory resets. Effective disposition programs require chain of custody documentation, NIST SP 800-88 aligned sanitization (Clear, Purge, Destroy), asset-level exception reporting, and detailed certificates of destruction. Provider evaluation should go beyond certification logos to examine actual process controls at ITAD vendors.

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