Degaussing Explained
Degaussing is applying a strong magnetic field to computer tapes, hard disks, audio and video tapes. This field reduces the signal in the magnetic particles (coercitivity) on the recording surface to zero, removing the data, format and any stray signals between tracks called white noise. This process gives a better quality recording surface if the item is to be re-used, and/or destroys the data permanently for security purposes. Certain types of magnetic recording media cannot be re-used once degaussed, which include hard disk drives, LTO tapes, 3570 tapes, 3590/3592 tapes, 9840/9940 tapes and Zip disks. We can also remove data from credit cards, security swipe passes, storage cards and memory sticks. You protect your data from creation to its last days; don’t let it fall into the wrong hands. Remember formatting doesn’t remove the data, the data is still there and it can still be recovered. Only degaussing a tape or disk actually removes the data and prevents it from being recovered!
Degaussing Service
We offer degaussing as a service, either at your site or at ours to top secret/confidential security standards. We supply to you a signed degaussing/destruction certificate and can include the media degaussed, its label and the date. The price starts at $1.00 ex GST per item depending on what it is and can be cheaper for large niumbers of disks or tapes.
Hard Drive Destruction Service
We offer a physical hard drive drive destruction service. We can bring a Garner PD-4 hard drive destroyer to physically destroy your hard drives at your site or ours. A lot of clients prefer to have their disks physically destroyed after it is degaussed, or like to have the drives just physically destroyed. The machine drives a steel wedge through the platters rendering the drive and disks unuseable and damaged beyond repair. The PD-4 is in use by the miltary in many countries to ensure their hard drive data does not fall into the wrong hands!
Sale & Hire of Degaussers
We also can sell you a suitable degausser for your site's needs, from small hand held devices to large scale machines capable of degaussing a laptop. We also have a small number of machines for hire and can demonstrate and train your staff to use the machine correctly and safely. Hire of a standard degausser starts at $250.00 ex GST per week. Please contact us with your requirements to see if we have a suitable degausser for your needs.
CD/DVD Surface Destruction Service
We offer a service where we can pass CD's and DVD's through our disk data destroyer. This machine pits the surface on both sides of the CD/DVD rendering all data destroyed and unreadable. The process can be done very quickly and cheaply onsite or at our offices.
