Security from Start to Finish
How IT assets are retired plays a significant role in mitigating risk to a company’s bottom line. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently published new disclosure guidance recommending that publicly traded companies based in the United States disclose their cyber risk. If an IT asset such as a laptop is stolen, or if it is lost in transit once it is marked for retirement, the exposed data on the hard drive or memory constitutes a cyber incident. The data that may be recovered illegally can negatively impact the company, its suppliers, and its customers.
Why is it critical?
Because any organization’s most valuable asset is its reputation.
Improperly retired electronic business tools are easily traced or exploited, and can lead to incidents that might be embarrassing or compromising to the company, as well as legal proceedings. The unintended disclosure of private customer data or business information can erode public trust in any company. Even data-free equipment can harm a company’s reputation if it harms the environment. Decentralized or improvised asset retirement methods will not mitigate these risks
Highly Visible Security Measures
Keystone takes data security, and the handling of our clients IT assets, seriously. Our state of the art, secure facility, was designed with total security in mind.
Features include: 24 hour video monitoring accessible from managements mobile devices, or desktop, Hard drive and data tape lock boxes accessible only by head technicians, Security cage for highly sensitive equipment.
Keystone’s centralized IT hardware retirement processes are designed to ensure that every IT asset and electronic device is processed securely. Our chain-of-custody procedures and other practices enable us to reduce the risk for data security and environmental liabilities associated with the disposal of electronic business tools.
Data Destruction
