Digital Security

IT Asset Management Firms Earn NAID Sanitization Certification

The Phoenix-based National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) has announced that member-companies e-End, Frederick, Md.; Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery (RCRR), Victor, N.Y.; and Reclamere Inc.’s Tyrone, Pa., and Monroeville, Pa., facilities have been awarded NAID AAA Certification for sanitization operations.

Bob Johnson, NAID CEO, says, “The NAID AAA Certification program for sanitization operations is the only certification in the industry that relies on both announced and unannounced audits; is conducted by third-party, accredited security professionals; and tests and verifies the sanitization processes by sending random drives to one of the nation’s top forensics labs.”

The seven IT asset management firms that have already earned NAID AAA Certification for sanitization operations are Asset Recovery Corp., St. Paul, Minn.; EPC’s E-Scrap Processing Center, Earth City, Mo.; LifeSpan Technology Recycling, Denver; Maxxum, Rush City, Minn.; Supply Chain Services Inc., Lombard, Ill.; USM-E, Chicago; and WeRecycle! LLC, Wallingford, Conn.

NAID is the nonprofit trade association for the secure information destruction industry.