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The SEM Sales and Customer Service Group is the most experienced in the industry. Customers call on these experts every day for advice and opinions on data destruction methods, products and regulatory compliance. We've asked them to use this archive to share expertise with the world. They will be posting frequently, so check back often to see what's new.

DARPA Impossible Shredder Challenge...Revisited

December 22, 2011 at 11:45 am by Terry Creek | Comments (1)

The San Francisco team that won $50,000 in the DARPA Impossible Shredder Challenge has offered some insight into how they solved Puzzle #4.


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DARPA Impossible Shredder Challenge...Solved

December 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM by Terry Creek

In late October 2011, DARPA (Defense Advance Research Projects Agency) issued a challenge to computer scientists with a $50,000 reward if they could reconstruct shredded pages of paper.


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Understanding LEED and how SEM can help you achieve higher certification levels.

December 5, 2011 at 1:10 PM by D. Todd Busic

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a third party certification program and the internationally accepted benchmark providing a framework for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of high performance green buildings. (USGBC.org)


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What options do agencies have to eliminate classified magnetic media, outsource vs. in-house?

November 30, 2011 at 9:34 AM by Roger Gamache

When it comes to eliminating classified magnetic media, a government IT Security Manager must put a process in place that ensures the media is properly destroyed and disposed of. To some, the options may be limited in getting this done. As required by NSA, classified magnetic media must be degaussed using an NSA evaluated degausser and then it is highly recommended to physically destroy the device. Most agencies will choose to eliminate their classified magnetic media in one of two ways, “In house” or “Outsource”. These options are usually weighed based on cost and level of security.


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Blackberries, I-Phones, PDA’s, and flash drives. – Do I really need to destroy these?

November 30, 2011 at 9:59 AM by Michael Wakefield

We all know that paper, tapes, optical media (CD/DVD/Blue Rays), and hard drives with sensitive information on them need to be safe-guarded. We commonly shred, degauss, and destroy these items because we all realize the damage they could cause if the information were to get into the wrong hands.


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