Media Destruction And Disposal Services
 

After a major media or data conversion or copying job, you may be faced with many old tapes that need disposal. All types of tapes can be completely degaussed before destruction or just destroyed, with guaranteed security and then disposed of in compliance with local environmental regulations. After a major media or data conversion or copying job, you may be faced with many old tapes that need disposal. Disposing of Magnetic Media may sound very simple, but improper and incomplete disposal of Recorded Magnetic Media may be very costly. Incomplete disposal of Recorded Magnetic Media may expose confidential data to outsider and more importantly, competitors. Although burning is the easiest way to dispose of unwanted magnetic data, but it is illegal and may imposed a very severe penalty if found open burning in Malaysia.

EDS, therefore, recommend the use of EDS’s total media management program. EDS uses the latest technology of Media Destroyer, namely Destroyer DDS-02 which completely and securely destroys and cuts magnetic media into pieces before disposing it as unwanted rubbish at a legal dump site.

• Data Destruction is often referred to as "Degaussing", or erasing the data from the physical tape. This process does not destroy the media itself, only the recorded data.

• Media Destruction, destroys the physical media itself. Typically, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) for a specific area frowns on simply "throwing tapes away" since they are not a biodegradable product. This action would also raise certain security questions in many of today's corporate auditor's minds. Therefore, EDS (M) SDN BHD offers a Media Destruction Service whereby the media is destroyed and disposed of in an environmentally acceptable manner. We also provide a "Certificate of Media Destruction" that meets most auditor requirements.