Your data is threatened with being breached every minute of every day: since 2013, there have been 3,809,448 records stolen through breaches every day, 158,727 per hour, 2,645 per minute, and 44 every second of every day (Brooks, n.d.).

Your data-bearing equipment is reaching its end-of-life (EOL), and when sensitive data is found on retired assets, the costs of improper disposal of IT assets are high, and not just in monetary terms. So, while you need to extract value from your aging and obsolete equipment, you also need to protect the data and to ensure compliance with environmental and industry regulations.

You can manage your IT asset recovery and extract the value you need while at the same time being in full compliance with all local and national regulations in a way that protects the environment and that avoids procedures that lead to environmental degradation.

The following two key elements will help you accomplish this: Implement a data-centric approach to security and partner with an IT asset recovery service provider who demonstrates a commitment to observing health, safety, and environmental regulations, as well as having the credentials and years of experience in the industry.