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A free certificate of destruction template for hard drives and SSDs, in Word and PDF, with a per-drive log and the fields NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 lists.
A free data sanitization policy template in Word and PDF, built section by section on NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, with blanks for the choices only you can make.
Who runs each ITAD certification, what it certifies (the facility, the service or the software) and what it says about data. One table, sources linked.
What an R2v3 auditor checks in your sanitization records, why SERI won't accept operator spreadsheets, and the fields each drive's record should hold.
A free certificate of sanitization template in Word and PDF, with every field NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 lists, a drive log for batches, and how to fill it in.
How NIST IR 8536 and the EU Digital Product Passport turn ITAD from inventory tracking into verifiable hardware lifecycle traceability.
Step-by-step R2v3 data sanitization audit process guide for ITADs. Master the 5% independent QA sampling rule, separation of duties, and software compliance.
Why R2v3 auditors and risk teams reject bulk destruction receipts, and how serial-level records with SHA-256 hashes hold up instead.
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