DestructData introduces Validator rental program

According to Haverhill, Massachusetts-based DestructData, the December 2014 revision of the SP 800-88 document from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) make verifying independent storage erasure processes imperative. The NIST-guidelines state that media sanitization be verified using a third-party tool independent of the hardware and software used to perform the erasure. In response, DestructData says it developed the hand-held Validator tool to help its customers take the complexity and risk out of this process.

However, recognizing that many organizations have lower volume or cyclical sanitization requirements, DestructData has introduced a rental program that expands access to the Validator.The new program allows clients to rent the Validator by the week at a flat rate that allows unlimited use with no “per-drive” fees. The rental program pricing includes a hardened travel case and shipping both ways. The company adds that the entire rental fee may be applied toward the purchase of a Validator.

According to DestructData president Michael Lawlor, the company regards the erasure verification tool rental plan as a type of risk management. “The price of a one week rental is less than the cost of sending a single drive to an outside recovery service for validation,” Lawlor says. “We hope this will open up the door for a wider range of customers who have been looking for this type of solution.”

DestructData develops and builds custom engineered hardware/software appliances and also offers a full line of degaussing and data destruction products.