July 15, 2026

One Bad Move Cost $95 Million

Before You Recycle Another Hard Drive, Read This. Most data breaches begin with a cyberattack. This one began with a moving company. According to publicly available SEC and OCC enforcement actions, a major U.S. financial institution hired a moving and storage company—not a secure media destruction specialist—to decommission thousands of retired hard drives and servers … More

June 15, 2026

Chain of Custody: 

Why It Matters During Electronic Media Destruction When businesses retire hard drives, laptops, servers, and other electronic devices, the focus is often on the final step: destruction. However, one of the most important aspects of protecting confidential information happens before a device is destroyed. It’s called chain of custody. A chain of custody is the … More