Media Disposal Procedure: Form can be found here.
Equipment shall not be transferred until approved by the State Property Manager
The State of Alaska requires all electronic media to be cleaned, with a wipe utility that prevents the recovery of any State data from device, prior to being processed as surplus or destruction. A DoD 5220-22.M compliant wipe utility is provided by ETS/Security:
ftp://ftpguest:ftpguest@transfer.state.ak.us/diskcleaner/dban-2006042900.iso
ftp://ftpguest:ftpguest@transfer.state.ak.us/diskcleaner/erace1.0.iso (used for solid state hard drives – only 1 wipe required)
Surplus of Devices:
A three (3) pass random wipe, where each sector of a disk is erased and written to a minimum of three times
Destruction of Devices: Hard drives shall not be destroyed unless a method of erasure is not possible. Personnel must destroy hard drives using an approved technique sufficient to prevent retrieval of information from hard drive
A three (3) pass minimum random wipe, where each sector of the disk is erased and written to a minimum of three times or the device destroyed in such a manner that the media is not recoverable:
- removal of media – magnetic media cut or severed
- hard drives – magnetic platters drilled or removed and broken
Hard drives shall not be destroyed unless a method of erasure is not possible. Personnel must destroy hard drives using an approved technique sufficient to prevent retrieval of information from hard drive.
Technician completes the Media Disposal Procedure and Technician's Supervisor confirms this process has been done through email form routing documentation.
Questions about this process?
Contact the State of Alaska Service Desk:
888-565-8680
soa.help.center@alaska.gov