Process
01 · Isolate
Pull media. Serials. Chain of custody starts on the floor.
02 · Choose
Clear / Purge keep residual value when reuse is allowed. Destroy when it is not.
03 · Verify
If erase fails, that serial is destroyed. Exception on the same file.
04 · Certify
Certificate per drive or serial, not per pallet.
Evidence
- UK certificate-of-data-destruction file exists because buyers search that query.
- UK NIST, HDD, SSD, on-site vs off-site and chain-of-custody files exist.
- No ICO registration number is published. Empty is the useful signal.
Unique files this hub rests on
Existing pages. Not duplicates written to rank a second time.
- Secure data destruction when disposing of IT
Hub article for organisational media.
- Do you need a certificate of data destruction in the UK?
Original UK query page.
- NIST SP 800-88 in a UK GDPR file
Why a US publication sits on a UK certificate.
- Erase or physical destruction
Which job is which.
- Chain of custody
The floor, not the PDF.
- On-site vs off-site destruction
Witnessing is not the certificate.
- Secure data destruction service
The commercial page.