Dive Brief:
- Synetic Technologies Inc., an information technology (IT) asset company that offers IT asset disposition and IT asset management services, introduces the "Data Annihilator."
- The Data Annihilator is a data destruction vehicle. The truck contains a laboratory located in the front; electronics are placed onto a conveyor belt and transported to the shredder. The materials are reduced to minuscule pieces and are disposed of in accordance with R2 policies.
- The company calls the annihilator the "first mobile hard drive shredder" in the Kansas City, MO area.
Dive Insight:
Synetic Tecnologies says the Data Annihilator truck eliminates the possibility of a data breach because the data does not leave the premises. All data is obliterated in compliance with National Association for information Destruction standards and follows R2/RIOS policies for recycling with consideration for the environment.
Sims Recycling Solutions acquired its own portable data shredding equipment to service the Washington D.C. area in 2013. The shredder is capable of handling up to 1,200 computer hard drives per day.