This is a very interesting "Off Topic".  I've read the others comments and
found them enlightening and entertaining.  I would also have enjoyed seeing
170+ hard drives shredded, but that seems the rare exception.

We do not have a formal policy for data destruction, but we do degauss
all "known bad" electronic media before it leaves the facility, even when
the media has been replaced by a "certified" vendor.

For DVD and CD media, the site where I work has a contract with a company
that performs secure shredding and they are able to handle DVD and CD media.

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:23:07 -0500, Ty Young <Phillip_Young AT I2 DOT COM> wrote:

>All,
>
>Please forgive me if this is an inappropriate forum for this question.
>
>I have been tasked with generating a Data Destruction Policy for my
>employer.  This would be the kind of policy you'd use to govern how a
>person destroys, for example, a known-bad hard drive or tape.
>
>Does anyone out there have an existing policy I could take a look at?
>
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