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Companies require secure data destruction by means of IT Asset Disposition. What is ITAD and why is it so essential to have a data destruction strategy in place?<\/em><\/p>\n

Businesses in the UK and around the world in the 21st century gather, store, and share enormous quantities of data, much of it sensitive. The safeguarding and security of this data is important not only for compliance with data protection regulations, but also to protect organisations from the ever-present threats of data breaches.<\/p>\n

Whereas businesses in decades past would empty out their filing cabinets to shred physical paper documents (and most still do), how are businesses destroying the data held on IT assets such as laptops, hard drives, and other forms of media? That is a question that is best answered with professional ITAD services.<\/p>\n

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Companies require secure data destruction by means of IT Asset Disposition. What is ITAD and why is it so essential to have a data destruction strategy in place? Businesses in the UK and around the world in the 21st century gather, store, and share enormous quantities of data, much of it sensitive. The safeguarding and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[38,85],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is ITAD? Wisetek's Guide to IT Asset Disposition - Wisetek UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IT Asset Disposition refers to the systems and processes of securely disposing of IT assets. 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