Even in the best of times, computers are rotated out of use and we have to figure out how we should dispose of them.

TechRepublic Premium offers the following list of tips for secure equipment disposal.

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4: Be methodical

Keep a checklist for the decommissioning process to make sure you don’t forget a step at any point. This can be especially important when dealing with many, many computers at once, such as when an entire department is shut down — but it’s important the rest of the time, too.

Don’t rely on the checklist to do your thinking for you, though. Consider every detail of the system in question, its uses, and any potential dangers for security that come to mind.

Add new measures to the checklist when you come up with a threat you have to deal with that may be relevant again at a later date. Not everything on the checklist has to apply in every case for it to be a valuable addition to the checklist.

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