Media Destruction

Regulatory compliances such as HIPAA not only apply to hard copy records. They also apply to any media, such as CD’s, DVD’s, backup tape and hard drives, that may contain confidential information. For this reason, your records management retention schedule should not only take paper documents into account but should also include media.

Like hard copy records, media that contains confidential information should be securely destroyed using the proper method. For example, just deleting the files from a computer hard drive does not erase the data, it just removes the file name from the file directory. The data is still recoverable. Hard drive destruction is the only completely secure way to destroy the data. Access Information Management’s media destruction services ensure that your media is destroyed using the appropriate procedures. Our staff is specially trained in the correct procedures for securely destroying media.

Our media destruction services eliminate the risk that your data will be stolen and protects your company from compliance violations. Once your media is destroyed, you will be given a Certificate of Destruction.