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“Keep your hard drive” option recommended when purchasing Dell computers

Posted on by Eric Racki

The thought of any type of data being exploited is always a concern for many. Dell offers the option to keep your hard drive if it has failed or is in the process of failing. It is highly recommended to purchase this service because, typically, customers are required to return a hard drive under warranty when a replacement is received.

This “keep your hard drive” service allows you to:

  • Have complete control of the hard drive
  • Not risk the chance of exposing sensitive or confidential data
  • Properly dispose of the drive

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New IT security policy requires removal of data before disposing of media

Posted on by Harvard Townsend (harv@ksu.edu)

To protect sensitive university data from unauthorized disclosure when the media that stores the data is disposed of or reused, K-State’s new Media Sanitization and Disposal Policy is now in effect and has been published in the university’s PPM.

“Media sanitization” is a process by which all data are permanently removed from storage media in a manner that prevents their recovery. This applies to anything that can store data — computer hard drives, CDs and DVDs, backup tapes, USB flash drives, and even paper. We can employ the most strict security controls to protect data while in our possession, but it is all for not if the data remain on a computer hard drive when that system is disposed of, recycled, or reused.

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