Wisetek. Fully Certified Hard Drive Shredding Service
We are a global hard drive shredding company delivering excellence in sustainability, security and compliance.
13.7M
Disk drives erased, certified and destroyed
19.2M
Parts recorded and processed
$1.75B
Components Recovered and Reused
Wisetek is a global leader in ITAD services with complete nationwide coverage in the United States. We provide clients with bespoke ITAD solutions such as hard drive disposal, degaussing, and data shredding services.
With the growing threat of data breaches and increased privacy concerns, large organizations are more vulnerable than ever before. Sensitive data cannot be left to chance; instead, it must be sufficiently destroyed to render all data irretrievable.
This is one of the main reasons why IT asset disposition (ITAD) has become such a rapidly growing industry worldwide and especially in the United States, where the industry is expected to grow to over $20 billion in 2020.
WHY CHOOSE WISETEK
FOR HARD DRIVE SHREDDING?
National
Coverage
Wherever you operate within the United States, Wisetek provides complete coverage. Our American office locations and mobile fleet of data destruction vehicles can serve your organization from coast to coast.
Full ITAD
Solutions
Shredding, degaussing, disintegration, and crushing/punching are all ideal methods of secure data destruction, but they are best complemented in tandem with a comprehensive suite of ITAD solutions from Wisetek.
Create an Effective CSR Strategy
Environmental waste issues are a major area of public debate, with many businesses coming under scrutiny for wasteful processes. Formulate a CSR strategy that works by choosing Wisetek for certified recycling and safe disposal of IT assets.
Your Trust
is Our Goal
Wisetek provides clients with transparent processes, full audit trails, and certificates of destruction. We also provide in-person and video verification of our data destruction processes so you can be assured that your data is safe.
What is Hard Drive Shredding?
Hard drive shredders are purpose-built machines designed to shred hard drives into tiny pieces. Shredding is one of the most widely used and well-known methods of secure data destruction due to its efficacy, speed, and its ability to destroy all types of hard drives as well as other types of storage media consistently.
These machines tend to be large and bulky, but they can be used on trucks or large vehicles as well for on-site hard drive shredding functionality. Often, ITAD companies provide hard drive shredding services on their premises. Wisetek can perform professional shredding services on-site or off-site, as required.
WISETEK’S HARD DRIVE SHREDDING
Mobile Service
Hard drive shredding can take place either on-site at the business premises via mobile data destruction vehicles equipped with mobile shredding equipment. This adds an additional layer of security for data destruction since the drives do not require relocation.
Secure Data Destruction
Many other forms of data destruction exist, but shredding remains one of the most popular since the results speak for themselves. Wisetek’s hard drive shredding process turns hard drives into 10mm pieces, or even 2mm if required, making the final product essentially dust.
Time and Cost Savings
Most shredders are capable of processing anywhere from 500 to 3,500 hard drives per hour. It also happens to be cost-effective when compared to other methods such as melting in acid or manual destruction.
Frequently asked questions
Should I destroy the hardware before recycling?
Yes. Hard drives that have not been destroyed contain many rare metals and trace amounts of copper, aluminum, and other salvageable materials which need to be extracted in order to be recycled.
Shredding is an ideal solution since the pieces left behind can be then crushed and the metals recycled properly.
What part of hardware do I destroy?
Hard drives differ in terms of technology and manufacturer, so they aren’t all alike. For hard disk drives (HDDs), the critical part that needs to be destroyed is the platter, a small, silver-colored disc located inside the aluminum casing.
This can be time-consuming, especially when large quantities of hard drives require destruction. Shredding is a far superior alternative to manual destruction.
Can shredded files be recovered?
Software programs and operating system tools that claim to ‘shred’ files digitally can delete files from the hard drive and make them difficult to retrieve. Recovery software and some basic IT skills can retrieve files, however, including sensitive data that may be left behind.
Avoid using online tools or formatting as security when disposing of hard drives and instead entrust their destruction with shredding or degaussing from Wisetek.
Is shredding secure?
Physical destruction of a hard drive does not necessarily make it secure. If the destroyed hard drive pieces are too coarse, it may be possible (although with great effort) to rebuild storage media and retrieve sensitive data.
By making the pieces finer, such as with a hard drive shredder which can shred to 10mm or smaller, reconstruction is virtually impossible as the hard drive is essentially rendered into dust.
Are deleted files really deleted?
Moving files and documents to the Recycle Bin and emptying it out clears up clutter, but it does not actually delete the file. In fact, retrieving files at a later date is fairly easy with free, online recovery wizards and tools.
For this reason, file deletion should never be considered as an alternative to secure data destruction such as shredding or degaussing.
