Getting rid of your computers isn’t what it used to be. In addition to determining the residual value, today we need to make sure we are in compliance with many EPA regulations and HIPPA and GLB requirements, as well as keeping up with many individual state regulations.

Today you need to ask:

• How is your data being protected?
• What happens to computers that are no longer usable?
• Are you protected if you get audited by the EPA?  Or the FTC?

There are many reports today about remarketed and disposed of computer equipment being found oversees or by people who will use the data found from the equipment found on eBay or the local remarketer.

Some recent headlines:

One Company in Six Lost Equipment Containing Data
Nearly half of all companies that have had security breaches say equipment containing company data has been lost or stolen. One company in six has lost equipment containing company data in the past year. Employee negligence and Microsoft vulnerabilities are considered the most significant IT-security risks.
— CIO Insight

Criminals Target Discarded PCs
A recent probe has discovered that confidential bank account information has been recovered from computers donated to Nigeria. Recycling centers were the source for many of the computers involved in the bank account breaches.
— BBC News

Disk Drives and Data Sold on eBay
Idaho Power Company, the Idaho-based utility, hired a disposal firm to recycle 230 SCSI drives. Some of the drives were sold on eBay and still contained sensitive customer information.
— Computerworld

The best economic and regulatory solutions are both high priorities in IT asset disposal today.

At LaSalle, we offer you the tools to ensure safe, secure disposal and the processes be able to track and give you peace of mind that the best methodologies are being used to protect your company, and provide you with the best economic solutions as well.  Our services include:

• A complete data security plan, including how to transfer the equipment, hard drive sanitization and provision of certificates of destruction.
• Destruction of hard drives with any issues associated and recycling of equipment down to metals, petroleum and other reused byproducts, protecting you from future liability.
• At the end of the remarketing process, excess proceeds are returned to you.
• Up-to-date returned asset information online.

Whether you lease from us, or are just looking for an established secure company to take care of your disposition needs, LaSalle helps you assess the best way to provide investment recovery or disposal of your assets and will create a customized asset disposal program to give you the best practice solutions to your asset disposal challenges.