I worked for a government contractor at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma back in 2005-2006. I was on a contract doing server/desktop support for a wing on the base. Whenever we had a failed drive in a desktop, laptop or server there were certain protocols that we had to follow to make sure the data was compromised. We had to remove the drive and then take it apart completely. Once it was dismantled we had to scratch the platters to make sure they couldn't be reassembled in a different drive.
I was also in on a server upgrade and they were going to sell the old server in a surplus auction. We were told to run a wipe of the drives and then REMOVE THEM because DOD regulations stated that the drives couldn't be sold at all. Then we had to destroy the drives in the same way I described above.
Obviously this situation is someone not doing their job or just taking drives to make money.
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I worked for a government contractor at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma back in 2005-2006. I was on a contract doing server/desktop support for a wing on the base. Whenever we had a failed drive in a desktop, laptop or server there were certain protocols that we had to follow to make sure the data was compromised. We had to remove the drive and then take it apart completely. Once it was dismantled we had to scratch the platters to make sure they couldn't be reassembled in a different drive. I was also in on a server upgrade and they were going to sell the old server in a surplus auction. We were told to run a wipe of the drives and then REMOVE THEM because DOD regulations stated that the drives couldn't be sold at all. Then we had to destroy the drives in the same way I described above. Obviously this situation is someone not doing their job or just taking drives to make money.