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Secure data destruction

The data leaves before the drive does.

For any organisation that can’t risk a retired drive resurfacing: wiped or shredded to standard, witnessed, logged, and certified per device — so a decommission never becomes a data breach.

Two methods, one guarantee: nothing readable leaves your custody. Software erasure for drives that will be reused, physical shredding for anything that won’t — and a certificate either way.

The process

How destruction works.

The same chain-of-custody record that follows every Spenwill collection, focused on your media.

01
Custody

Collect & seal

Media is collected in sealed, tracked containers. Custody transfers on signature and the record opens.

02
Logged

Log by serial

Each drive is recorded against your account by serial number, so every unit is individually accounted for.

03
Destroyed

Wipe or shred

Software erasure to a recognised standard, or physical shredding — witnessed and logged as it happens.

04
Verified

Verify & certify

Results are verified and a certificate is generated per device, then bundled into your collection report.

Scope

What’s included — and what isn’t.

Included

  • Software erasure to a recognised data-sanitisation standard
  • Physical shredding of drives and solid-state media
  • Per-device certificate of destruction
  • Witnessed and logged process with chain of custody
  • Serialised asset logging against your account
  • On-site options for high-sensitivity environments

Not included

  • Data backup or migration before destruction
  • Forensic data recovery services
  • Destruction without a chain-of-custody record
  • Anonymous, unlogged disposal
Accepted media

Anything that holds data.

HDDsSSDs & NVMeServer drivesLaptopsPhones & tabletsUSB & flashBackup tapeOptical mediaCopier drives
You receive

The paperwork auditors ask for.

  • Certificate of data destruction, per device
  • Serialised list of all media processed
  • Chain-of-custody record from collection to destruction
  • Weight and recycling certificate for the hardware
Questions

Data destruction FAQs.

Yes. A certificate of destruction is generated per device and tied to its serial number, then bundled into your collection report.

If the drive will be reused or resold, verified software erasure keeps the value. If it won’t, or the data is highly sensitive, physical shredding is the safest route. We’ll advise per device.

For high-sensitivity environments we can arrange on-site options so media never leaves your premises intact. Ask us when you book.

POPIA requires you to dispose of personal information so it can’t be reconstructed. Certified destruction with a chain-of-custody record gives you the evidence that you did.

Decommissioning drives or devices?

Book a collection with data destruction, and we’ll close the loop with a certificate per device.

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