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Secure Verifiable Data Destruction

There are three primary methods for securely removing data from IT devices: using degaussing, software wiping or physical destruction. These methods are commonly referred to as Secure Data Erasure and Data Destruction.

3 Primary Methods

Degaussing

Data elimination involves the use of a high energy degausser that totally ‘cooked’ the data on a magnetic storage device within seconds to make it unusable. This method is irreversible making the whole physical media unusable.

  • Uses a high-energy degausser to permanently erase magnetic data.
  • Irreversible – device becomes unusable.
  • Time required – 3 seconds per media.
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Acts as digital witness

This method is effortlessly performed by IRONCLAD®. Our exclusive erasure verification system tracks, logs, and documents media as it is sanitized. Customizable Certificates of Erasure and Destruction, complete with JPG images of the media before and/or after destruction, provide proof the media was properly sanitized.

  • IRONCLAD® erasure and destruction verification system.
  • Captures image of erased data and generates a certificate of erasure report.
  • Works in-sync with our high energy degausser.
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Physical destruction

Media destruction involves physically destroying the storage device to render it unusable and make the data irretrievable.
This can include drilling, shredding, or disintegrating the storage devices. Media destruction is often used for highly sensitive data or when other methods of data destruction are not feasible, such as with certain types of storage media.

  • Drilling and hammering
  • Shredding/Disintegrating
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Hard Drive Shredding

High-Performance Hard Drive Shredding
Our customized Hard Drive Shredding Service provides a secure and efficient way to dispose of electronic storage media, including hard drives, solid-state drives, optical media, USBs, etc.; physically shred devices into tiny particles, making data completely unrecoverable. This service is ideal for businesses handling sensitive or confidential information, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and safeguarding against data breaches..
Our Process

Enroute for Off-Site Shredding

A bank branches out of service an old batch of 500 hard drives. Alpha Scope’s crew arrives with tamper‑evident bins, seals them in front of the branch manager, and logs the asset tags before departure.

STEP 1
Collection

Our specially trained staff will come to your site and pick up the drives or devices. We use secure, sealed containers so nothing can be tampered with en route.

STEP 2
Transportation

Drives are transported in secure vehicles to eliminate risks of data breaches during transit to Alpha Scope Secure Data Destruction processing facility.

Those sealed bins travel in a GPS‑tracked van with locked compartments, driven directly from the branch to the secure facility, without any unscheduled stops.

STEP 3
Verification

Upon arrival, each drive is logged and verified to ensure accurate tracking and accountability.

At the facility’s intake bay, each hard drive serial number is scanned and cross‑checked with the bank’s original manifest. Discrepancies trigger an immediate investigation.

STEP 4
Shredding

Hard drives are destroyed using our high-performance industrial shredder with a particle cut size of 5mm to 18mm, ensuring complete, irrecoverable destruction.

The drives are fed into a high‑torque shredder, reducing platters and casings into 5 mm metal shards — completely unreadable and impossible to reassemble.

STEP 5
Recycling

Shredded materials are processed and recycled in an environmentally responsible manner.

The shredded metal and plastic fragments are sorted; metals go to a certified smelter, plastics to an electronics recycling partner, diverting waste from landfill.

STEP 6
Certification

A Certificate of Destruction is issued to prove compliance - important for audits or legal requirements, confirming complete and secure data destruction.

The bank receives a PDF Certificate of Destruction with the date, time, and operator signatures — essential for their compliance audit file.