Services · Witnessed Media Destruction
Client-Witnessed Media Destruction
Retention schedules have an end date. Holding data past it is a liability, not caution — anything you still hold is anything you can still be compelled to produce.
Bring your retention schedule. We will tell you what it actually costs to meet it.
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40+
Years operating since 1983
Why this matters
What it costs to do nothing
A destruction certificate from a vendor you did not watch is a piece of paper asserting something you cannot verify. Drives have been resold with data intact by vendors holding exactly that paperwork. If the destruction matters enough to certify, it matters enough to witness.
Why clients choose us for witnessed media destruction
- You can be present. That is the entire product — a certificate you watched being earned.
- Physical destruction, not a software wipe. A wipe is unverifiable from the outside.
- Destruction happens on site, so the media never leaves the chain of custody to be destroyed.
- The serial of every item destroyed is recorded against the certificate.
The practical answer
Scheduled in batches, usually against a retention review. Bring your schedule and we will identify what has aged out.
In practice
What this actually looks like
Destruction is scheduled, witnessed and documented. Media is pulled against a list, verified against that list before anything is destroyed, and destroyed in the presence of your representative where you want that. What you receive afterwards is a certificate identifying what was destroyed, when, and by whom. Say clearly what this is not: it is physical destruction of media, not a forensic sanitization standard certification, and we would rather set that expectation at the start than have it questioned at an audit.
The failure mode
How it fails when it fails
The usual failure is a certificate that does not match reality. A list is signed, a bin is collected, and nobody reconciled the two — so the certificate attests to items that may or may not have been in the load. The other failure is destruction without a retention check, where media is destroyed that a hold or an obligation still covered. Both are process failures, and both are why the verification step before destruction matters more than the shredder.
Common questions
- Do we have to attend?
- No, but the option is the point. Most clients attend the first one and then trust the process.
- What do we receive?
- A certificate listing every serial destroyed, the method, the date, and who witnessed it.
- Can you destroy paper too?
- Yes, alongside media, in the same witnessed batch.
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See the vault before you decide.
Tours are private and by appointment. You will see the vault door, the man-trap entry, and the box sizes in person. No account relationship is required to visit.