ISO 27001 and secure disposal: the controls an auditor will ask about
The Annex A controls that cover equipment disposal, information deletion and media handling, and the evidence that satisfies each one.
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Getting IT disposal right
Plain explanations of the rules, the methods and the paperwork, written for whoever ends up responsible for a stockroom full of old kit. No sales pitch and no jargon.
Law & compliance
Hazardous IT waste: CRTs, batteries and the paperwork that changes
Which IT items count as hazardous waste, why that changes the paperwork from a transfer note to a consignment note, and how long to keep it.
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What a Certificate of Data Destruction should actually contain
Most certificates are worthless in an audit. Here are the fields that make one hold up, and the red flags to check for.
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How to dispose of old business computers legally in the UK
Your duty of care under the WEEE Regulations, the paperwork you must keep, and where GDPR overlaps with waste law.
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The hard drive hiding in your office printer
Why multifunction printers and copiers keep copies of what they scan, what that means at lease return, and how to deal with it.
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Is drive encryption enough when you dispose of a laptop?
BitLocker, FileVault and self-encrypting drives, what cryptographic erase is, and why encryption is a strong layer rather than a disposal method.
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Why deleting files, formatting and factory resets don't erase your data
What actually happens when you delete, format or reset a drive, why hard drives and SSDs behave differently, and what does work.
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Degaussing, shredding or wiping: which data destruction method do you need?
The three sanitisation methods recognised by NIST 800-88, what each one physically does, and which media each is valid for.
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IT disposal for schools and academy trusts
Pupil data, Chromebooks, summer refresh timing, donation requests and the governance trail a trust needs when kit leaves.
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Windows 10 is out of support: planning the hardware refresh and disposal
Extended Security Updates buy time, not a solution. How to plan the refresh so the old machines leave securely and still return value.
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What happens to a laptop after it's collected?
The journey from your office to a second life or a recycling line: logging, sanitisation, testing, grading, resale and material recovery.
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Disposing of company phones and tablets: activation locks, MDM and wiping
Why a locked iPhone is worthless to reuse, how to release devices from MDM and Apple or Google accounts, and when to shred instead.
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Getting laptops back from leavers and remote workers
The device return gap is where data goes missing. A practical process for leavers, home workers and the kit that never comes back.
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How to build an IT asset register that makes disposal easy
The fields worth recording, when to capture serial numbers, and how to close assets off cleanly so audits reconcile.
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