What is a Degausser?
It is a machine used to eliminate data stored on computer and laptop hard drives, floppy disks and magnetic tape, by randomly changing the alignment of magnetic domains on the medium.
Benefits of Using a Degausser
Assurance that all sensitive data has been erased permanently
Disposes classified media quickly, safely and in-house
Improvement in the quality of output
Sizeable savings in operating costs
Meets the NSA and CESG requirements for sanitisation of classified information
Who uses a Degausser?
Anybody who uses magnetic media will benefit from the use of a degausser, including:
Radio/Television broadcasters: enables expensive tapes to be re-used
Computer departments of corporations: allows re-use of back up tapes and safe disposal of information from PC hard drives
Data Storage Companies: data no longer needed can be easily and efficiently erased
Defense Organizations: confidential and top secret information can be erased
CCTV Operators: allows VHS tapes to be re-used again and again
Audio/Video duplicators: allows re-use of any production over runs and returned out of date tapes
Financial Services: Banks and insurance companies can use a degausser to re-use magnetic media for voice logging systems
Emergency Services: Re-use tapes used in voice logging systems
Hospitals: erase sensitive information held on magnetic media, such as patient records no longer required
Universities: allows student records that are no longer needed to be erased
Detailed Benefits of Degaussers
The resultant benefits are substantial, producers of audio and video tapes achieve better yields as well as increased quality. Data users enjoy greater efficiency due to considerably reduced “error rates”. Professional users in every sector, from government to business, benefit from incorporating degaussing within their magnetic media processing procedure and achieve considerable cost savings by being able to confidently reuse again and again media previously discarded. All in all there is a very strong financial and operational case to use degaussers, especially manufactured by the world’s leading specialists, VS Security Products.
