Performance
The SDD Master generates the strongest erasure field of any
degausser on the market. The SDD-Master delivers a minimum magnetic
field of 17,750 three times to the media throughout the
automatic operation. This ensures that the SDD Master remains
unrivalled by any other degausser on the market. Where security
is of the utmost importance, users can quickly sanitize their
media without the need for disassembly.
Operation
The SDD Master is a bench mounted, chamber degausser, making
operation safe, effective and simple for anyone. Operators simply
lift the perspex lid, insert the media into the caddie, close
the lid and press the ‘Start’ button via the control
panel or the remote control. Media is transported into the degausser
where the magnetic field is activated by a powerful pulse discharge.
While inside the degausser, media is automatically rotated and
a further two magnetic discharges are applied, ensuring complete
erasure. The entire process takes approximately 60 seconds.
The processor controlled SDD Master continuously monitors the
operation ensuring that the erasure cycle is completed. The
operator is immediately alerted to any interruptions in the
erasure cycle on the LCD control panel.
With safety in mind and to meet the latest ICNIRP Magnetic Exposure
Guidelines, the SDD Master can be operated remotely via the
remote control.
Regulatory Compliance
The NSA publishes guidance on the sanitization (erasure), declassification,
and release of storage devices for disposal or recycling in
the “NSA CSS Policy Manual 9-12, NSA/CSS Storage Device
Declassification Policy Manual”. Within this, the NSA publish
the EPL-Degausser (Evaluated Products List – Degausser)
which specifies the current degaussers that have been evaluated
against and found to satisfy the requirements for erasure of
magnetic storage devices that retain sensitive or classified
data. The SDD-Master has been tested and approved by the NSA.
Many government agencies are required to manage their data
security to detailed government specifications which would require
them to buy an approved degausser. Safe and secure data disposal
is critical within the military which is why the Department
of Defense (DOD) also adheres to the guidelines outlined out
in the NSA CSS Policy Manual 9-12 for the destruction of classified
material. In addition if an organization is involved in managing
highly sensitive or confidential information such as financial,
medical, education, personal and legal information, they must
be vigilant in how they deal with the disposal of such information
and the use of an approved degausser would be highly recommended.
In addition, strict industry standards and government regulations
are also in place, that force organizations to mitigate the
risk of unauthorized exposure of confidential corporate &
government data. These regulations include HIPAA(Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act); FACTA (The Fair and Accurate
Credit Transactions Act of 2003); GLB ( Gramm-Leach Bliley);
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOx); and Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standards ( PCI DSS).
Note: After degaussing, hard drives (and some cartridges) are
not reusable
