Computer data: secure disposal

• Author:
• Edward Wilding

In the haste to upgrade and enhance IT systems, businesses and other organisations often neglect their duties regarding the secure disposal of computer equipment. From a security and risk perspective, especially with regard to confidentiality, privacy and the persistent danger of identity theft, the failure to purge sensitive data held on redundant and obsolete data processing and storage systems has led to many embarrassing incidents of information leakage, data misuse and fraud.

 

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