Destroying your hard drive

Data security is important for all businesses. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)

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reports a 17% increase in data breaches from 2020 to 2021,

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with Dataprot reporting that 59% of Americans have experienced

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some form of cybercrime. It is more important than ever for companies to take

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steps to protect and destroy their data to prevent potential breaches.

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Effective destruction of sensitive data from hard drives is easier said than done.

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Even if the data on the hard disk (HDD)

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has already been erased, hackers and thieves can still use the software to recover it.

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