How NDW - Network Data Wiping Software Helped Value Recovery Solutions in California
Background
Value Recovery Solutions (VRS) is a company that provides IT asset recovery, data security, and environmental compliance services to businesses and organizations in California. VRS helps its clients to dispose of their surplus or obsolete IT equipment in a secure and environmentally friendly way, while maximizing the value of their assets. VRS also sells refurbished and used IT equipment to customers who are looking for affordable and reliable technology solutions.
Challenge VRS faced several challenges in its IT recycling and used IT wholesale business, such as:
Ensuring the complete and irreversible erasure of sensitive data from the hard disk drives (HDDs) and storage devices of its clients, in compliance with the industry standards and regulations.
Managing the inventory and logistics of hundreds of HDDs and storage devices that needed to be wiped, tested, and graded before being sold or recycled.
Reducing the time and cost of data wiping operations, while maintaining the quality and security of the process.
Providing transparent and comprehensive reporting to its clients and customers on the data wiping results and the status of their assets.
Solution
VRS decided to use NDW - Network Data Wiping software, an automated, unattended, and network-based solution for erasing and removing data from HDDs and storage devices. NDW software offers comprehensive reporting through a web GUI, making it a convenient and efficient tool for data wiping in network environments.
NDW software works by creating a bootable network environment using a server machine, a network switch, and PXE boot enabled workstations. The HDDs and storage devices that need to be wiped are connected to the workstations via SATA or USB cables. The workstations then boot from the network and run the NDW software, which performs the data wiping process according to the selected algorithm and standard. The NDW software supports various data wiping algorithms, such as DoD 5220.22-M, NIST 800-88, Gutmann, etc., as well as custom algorithms. The NDW software also supports various data wiping standards, such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, etc.
Automated Self Adhesive barcode label generation and printing
Keeping track of each and every data wipe, erasure and associated data storage device throughout it's cycle is very important. Therefore NDW - Automated Network Data Wiping software solution is developed to print self adhesive thermal barcode labels automatically which can then be attached to each data storage device. Data wiping as well as label generation and printing is fully automated, there is no human intervention required other than peeling off the adhesive label and attaching to the wiped hard disk drive. Each label has HDD's identity information such as HDD size, model family, model number, firmware, erase date, algorithm used to wipe, bad sectors if any, erase status, final results, 2d barcode and grade awarded by NDW. These labels are highly customizable, more information can be added or removed. Design and look of the label can also be modified per customer requirements.
The NDW software monitors and controls the data wiping process through a web GUI, which can be accessed from any device with a web browser. The web GUI displays the status of each workstation, HDD, and storage device, as well as the progress and results of the data wiping process. The web GUI also allows the user to start, stop, pause, resume, or cancel the data wiping process at any time. The web GUI also generates detailed reports on the data wiping results, which can be downloaded or printed for documentation purposes.
Automated Grading of Hard Disk drives
Storage devices such as Hard Disk Drives, NVME, SSD, SAS and other storage media is automatically graded based on performance of each media. Each device is graded case by case, for example if a certain hard disk drive has number of bad sectors this drive may be graded B, C or D depending on the number of bad sectors. Some devices may also trigger lower grades if the device is considered to be failed imminently. However, NDW - Automated Network Data Wiping software solution is highly flexible this algorithm of awarding automated grades can be modified as per customer requirements. Also new method and mechanism can introduced to award grades for each storage media based on certain criteria. If you wish NDW to behave the way you want and looking for customization and modification to the software solution, let us know and our engineers will be very happy to assit.
Benefits
By using NDW software, VRS was able to achieve several benefits for its IT recycling and used IT wholesale business, such as:
Enhanced data security: NDW software ensured the complete and irreversible erasure of sensitive data from the HDDs and storage devices of its clients, in compliance with the industry standards and regulations. NDW software also provided proof of data wiping through its comprehensive reporting feature.
Increased efficiency: NDW software reduced the time and cost of data wiping operations by automating and streamlining the process. NDW software also increased the throughput and capacity of data wiping by allowing multiple HDDs and storage devices to be wiped simultaneously over the network.
Improved quality: NDW software improved the quality and reliability of the data wiping process by performing thorough verification checks after each wipe cycle. NDW software also detected and reported any errors or failures that occurred during the process.
Greater customer satisfaction: NDW software enhanced the customer satisfaction of VRS’s clients and customers by providing them with transparent and comprehensive information on the data wiping results and the status of their assets. NDW software also helped VRS to sell or recycle its refurbished and used IT equipment with confidence.
No Human Intervention - Complete Automation
Zero touch and fully automated data wiping software solution, which works straight out of the box. No configuration is required, no settings are required. No human interaction required other than booting the data erasing / wiping station into PXE network boot. Great England Software's Network Data Wiping software is a perfect fit for any organization including educational institutes, governments, IT technology, health, insurance, legal, finance and many others. One of the best and widely utilized data wiping software solution.
Conclusion
NDW - Network Data Wiping software is an intelligent data erasing system that helps companies and businesses to securely erase data from large number of HDDs and storage devices concurrently. By using NDW software, VRS was able to overcome its challenges in its IT recycling and used IT wholesale business, while achieving significant benefits in terms of data security, efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.
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