Small Businesses Now Have Access to Hard Drive Erasure Technology Previously Only Available to Fortune 500 companies
Identity and proprietary data theft is one of the greatest challenges facing small businesses as they work to comply with legislation that protects consumer financial, credit and health information. The latest release of EraseYourHardDrive.com, a WindsorTech product, empowers small businesses with access to the same data destruction technology used by WindsorTech's Fortune 500 customers when retiring IT assets. EraseYourHardDrive.com is the industry's only Web deployable hard drive erasure tool that guarantees data destruction in accordance with government regulations. Completely automated, the application does not require recording onto floppy disks or burning CDs, or any additional software, thus eliminating opportunity for hardware, software, or human error.
"The proper retirement of IT assets should be imperative to all businesses with access to customer, personal, or proprietary company information. The small office and home office communities are no different from Fortune 500 companies in that they need to have a PC disposal strategy and understand the long term financial value it adds," commented Marc Sherman, Chairman and CEO, WindsorTech. "EraseYourHardDrive.com is a superior product that guarantees data destruction, a necessity dictated by Acts such as Gramm-Leach Bliley, HIPPA, the FTC Fact and Sarbanes-Oxley. Most importantly, we assume all liability with Our Certificate of Destruction, which further underscores our confidence in our data erasure technology."
Currently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends businesses implement measures such as those provided by WindsorTech to ensure that consumer data does not fall into the wrong hands. Last year, there were over 240,000 cases of identity theft reported by the FTC. The majority of these were related to credit card fraud - information that can easily be recovered from a PC that has not been properly sanitized. Although mandated by law, there is no consistent standard for the destruction of data by small businesses, thus no guarantee that there is actual compliance. If not properly removed, data on obsolete computers can be easily compromised, jeopardizing the financial and legal standing of a small business, including doctor's offices, brokerage houses and insurance agencies.
When retiring IT assets, the optimum means for data destruction calls for no less than a three-time overwrite of the hard drive, set forth by the Department of Defense (DoD). While a one-time disk overwrite can remove Web history, it doesn't ensure complete removal of data that resides on the hard drive. The DoD standard is applied by EraseYourHardDrive.com, making it easy for organizations to thoroughly wipe their machines clean. Furthermore, data destruction applications that are readily deployed internally save companies the cost of hiring outside vendors. This software can be downloaded at EraseYourHardDrive.com for $23.95.
"We are here to let entrepreneurs, office managers and IT executives know that there are solutions that protect company data when upgrading office PCs. As a leader in the data security market, it is our responsibility to drive home the realities and consequences of identity theft. We are currently expanding our data security services to consumers as well with this latest edition of EraseYourHardDrive.com, because we all know that the permanent financial and personal damage to both consumers and small businesses are not worth the risk," concluded Marc Sherman.
About EraseYourHardDrive.com
WindsorTech's patent-pending software is recognized as the most powerful in the industry by IT asset managers. EraseYourHardDrive.com's data destruction process permanently deletes any otherwise recoverable information, and the procedure is fully automated - eliminating any possibility of human, hardware or software errors. Once the process is complete, a Certificate of Destruction is provided, detailing the specifications of the data destruction. With EraseYourHardDrive.com, even computer savvy criminals will be unable to recover personal data, providing that necessary peace of mind in knowing that your old machine has been sanitized.
About WindsorTech
WindsorTech Inc., d/b/a QSGI, manages the information technology (IT) products of Fortune 1000 and government clients, and provides global solutions for meeting its clients' data security and regulatory compliance needs. QSGI offsets its clients' expenses through its value-added remarketing program. Prior to resale, the company utilizes its proprietary Department of Defense (DOD) level certified data sweep to eliminate otherwise recoverable data. QSGI reduces its clients' potential liability, by ensuring regulatory and environmental compliance for IT products. QSGI also maintains and provides services on enterprise-class hardware, including mainframes, midrange servers, tape storage products and disk storage products. Given the sensitive nature of the company's client relationships, it does not provide the names of its clients.
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