Our Standard Process
Professional IT Equipment Destruction Services for regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
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Professional evaluation & scope
Secure Processing & Disposition
Certificates & Compliance Reporting
About our IT Equipment Destruction Services
Core Asset Solutions offers irreversible physical destruction of IT Equipment that also includes destruction and risk mitigation of all physical storage media types. We provide Certificates of Destruction specifying the destruction method used and documenting the outcome, supporting regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
Our Physical Destruction Process
- Free Destruction Assessment to confirm scope, destruction method and documentation requirements
- Secure Transport with GPS-tracked transport logs avaliable
- Eqipment Tracking documented for full chain of custody and certificate reporting
- Physical destruction completed according to scope
- Verification of Proper Destruction can include after photos, particle size confirmation, and random sampling of destruction outcome (for particle size) for large batchs
- Final Material Weight Tracking with optional sustainability reporting available
- Certificate of Destruction issued based on the scoped documentation package
IT Equipment We Offer Physical Destruction For
CAS offers physical destruction for a broad range of IT endpoints, Storage Media, Storage Devices and connected IT hardware.
Compute Endpoints
- Desktop PCs: towers, SFF/micro PCs, all-in-ones (AIO), thin/zero clients, desktop workstations, PC-based POS terminals
- Laptops: notebooks/ultrabooks, mobile workstations, rugged laptops, chromebooks
Mobile Endpoints
- Mobile Devices: smartphones, tablets, rugged handheld computers, mobile POS devices
User-Facing & Office Endpoints
- Data-Bearing Displays: medical monitors, touchscreen displays, commercial displays, digital signage screens
- Printers, Scanners, & MFDs: printers, MFDs, copiers, document scanners, label/receipt/thermal printers
- Telecommunications/Voice Systems: VoIP phone system hardware, VoIP gateways/ATA devices
Networking & Security Endpoints
- Networking Core: switches, routers, wireless access points, wireless controllers & mesh gateways, bridges & backhaul radios, modems/ONTs, media converters
- Network Security Appliances: firewalls/NGFW, VPN gateways, IDS/IPS appliances, UTM/security gateways, NAC/authentication appliances, web/email security appliances
IoT, Industrial & Specialty Endpoints
- IoT & Industrial: industrial PCs, embedded controllers, PLCs/control modules, HMIs/operator panels, sensors/gateways/edge devices, time clocks/access control devices (as applicable)
- Radio Communications Equipment: handheld/mobile radios, base stations, repeaters, radio consoles and related comms equipment
- Audio/Visual: projectors, video conferencing room systems, PTZ/conference cameras, AV control boxes/encoders/decoders
Data Bearing Support Hardware
- Electronic Peripherals: hubs/adapters, KVMs/console drawers, scanners, and other peripheral accessories
- Internal Components: motherboards, CPUs, RAM, GPUs, NICs/HBAs/controllers
- Cabling: specialty data and power cabling lots
Servers, Storage & Data Center Systems
- Servers & Data Center: rack/tower servers, blades and chassis, hyperconverged nodes, purpose-built server appliances
- Storage Media: Enterprise HDD, SSDs, SAS, external drives, USB flash drives, SD/microSD, optical media, tape media
When Physical Destruction Is the Best Option
- When risk assessment determines physical destruction as the only acceptable disposition route for risk mitigation and compliance
- When embedded storage is present and sanitization is not feasible or not allowed
- When device condition prevents successful or verified outcome of sanitization techniques
- When decommission projects do not allow reuse internally or externally
Need Hard Drive or Storage Media Destruction? See Data Destruction.
Need secure paper shredding services? See Document Shredding.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of equipment can you physically destroy?
We destroy data-bearing media and equipment where irreversible physical destruction is required. This commonly includes hard drives, SSDs, mobile phones, circuit boards with embedded storage, medical devices, IoT/industrial devices, and networking equipment when destruction is required by scope.
Do you destroy hard drives and SSDs separately if found inside devices or equipment?
Yes. When a hard drive or storage media is discovered inside a device like a laptop for example, it is industry best practice to classify those as two separate assets, as they may require different destruction methods to effectively destroy those devices in a way that renders sensitive information permanently inaccessable. We would report this as two assets, while also documenting that the hard drive with S/N: XXX was originally discovered inside the laptop with S/N: YYY and also document that the Hard drive was removed, and destoyed separetly from the laptop.
Do you provide a Certificate of Destruction and documentation?
Yes. You receive destruction records and a Certificate of Destruction (as scoped). If you require additional supporting records (such as photo/video), that can be included based on your program requirements.
How do you maintain chain of custody during pickup and transport?
We confirm scope and handling requirements during assessment, then maintain controlled custody from pickup through final disposition. Your final disposition report, and Certificates of Destruction documents what was picked up and how it was processed, date of destruction, and date of final disposition. We retain full chain of custody by ensuring equipment is securely handled at a single disclosed facility, while documenting all steps of the process from pickup to final disposition. We also use locked containers and cages, to store sensitive data bearing equipment, before they are destroyed and documented to make absolute sure that there is no risk of any unforseen circumstances that would give any reason for unauthorized or unqualified personnel to gain access to sensitive data bearing equipment or components.
Can you handle mixed loads, pallets, or decommission projects?
Yes. We handle mixed loads and larger projects during assessment so staging, access requirements, and documentation expectations are clear. If removal planning is needed for racks, cabling, or infrastructure, we can coordinate those requirements as part of the service plan.
What happens to materials after physical destruction?
Where applicable, materials are separated after destruction and routed for responsible downstream recycling. Weight tracking and reconciliation can be included in the reporting package depending on your scope.
Can you destroy devices that contain batteries?
Battery-containing equipment can be included when scoped appropriately. We confirm handling and routing requirements during assessment so the pickup and downstream processing meets environmental disposal regulations.
When should we choose physical destruction instead of sanitization?
Choose physical destruction when policy requires irreversible disposition, when embedded storage is present and cannot be sanitized to risk assessment determined by your organization, or when your risk posture simply does not allow reuse outcomes at all. We can assist with determining the disposition outcome by device class according to your policy or compliance regulations during assessment.
How should we prepare equipment for pickup?
Stage items in a secure area that can be removed efficiently and in a place that causes minimal disruption during working hours. If you have special access requirements, timing constraints, or documentation needs (such as batch separation), share those during assessment so the plan and reporting match your requirements.
Ready to schedule?
We’ll help you complete physical destruction with secure handling and documentation that holds up internally.