Data Sanitization for Compliance & Regulations

Meeting standard for data sanitization

As part of their guidelines for the data sanitization of magnetic media, degaussing is recommended by the following organizations:

• National Institute of Standards & Technology
• Department of Defence
• Government Security Organizations such as the NSA & CESG.

There are a number of US Government Mandates that require the destruction of sensitive information stored on Hard Drives and Backup Tapes before their disposal. These mandates are listed below:

• PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry) Data Security Standard
• PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Guidelines for Media Sanitization NIST SP 800-88
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Guidelines for Media Sanitization NIST SP 800-36
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
• HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act)
• California SB-1386
• IRS-1075
• CJIS
• Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)

All VS Security Products degaussers are designed to help you comply with these mandates and are regularly used by financial institutions, IT departments, E-recyclers and corporate organisations.