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SEM Introduces New 2mm Optical Media Shredder

June 18, 2024 at 8:00 am by Amanda Canale

Security Engineered Machinery Co., Inc. (SEM), global leader in classified and high security data destruction, is pleased to announce that its new Model OMD2X2 Optical Shredder has been evaluated by NSA/CSS and meets the requirements of NSA/CSS Specifications for Optical Destruction Devices following the NSA/CSS 9-12 Device Declassification Policy Manual. 

This cutting-edge device was specially designed and evaluated for the destruction of classified compact discs (CDs), digital versatile discs (DVDs), and Blu-ray discs (BDs). This cutting-edge device is now listed on the NSA/CSS EPL for Optical Destruction Devices and was specially designed for the destruction of classified compact discs (CDs), digital versatile discs (DVDs), and Blu-ray discs (BDs).

The Model OMD2X2 was designed for maximum efficiency and ease of use while destroying CDs, DVDs, and BDs alike down to a consistent 2mm x 2mm final particle size, regardless of the disk type, ensuring SEM would be able to provide an optical solution for the federal government. The device can shred at high volumes of hundreds of discs per hour.

“The creation of the Model OMD2X2 is a testament to SEM’s long-term commitment to innovation and security when it comes to data destruction solutions,” says Andrew Kelleher, SEM President. “With the ability to shred optical media to a final particle that meets the NSA requirements for optical destruction, we are providing our customers with the peace of mind that their data is secure beyond the latest mandate.” 

The Model OMD2X2 is an ideal solution for government agencies and entities and any organization requiring high security data destruction. Equipped with an auto-oiler and a large internal waste collection bin, the device prevents users from needing to routinely oil the machine manually, and allows for more shredding before changing bags, making the Model OMD2X2 a low maintenance destruction option. 

“Our advanced shredder ensures that sensitive information stored on optical media is irretrievably destroyed, providing the highest level of data security available,” says Todd Busic, SEM Vice President of Sales. “By introducing this new product, SEM continues to lead the industry in providing state-of-the-art data destruction solutions.”

For more information on the Model OMD2X2, visit https://www.semshred.com/explore-model-omd2x2/

 

Not Sure What Your Future Destruction Needs Will Be? Consider a Mixed-Media Destruction System.

December 21, 2010 at 1:09 pm by SEM

What are your future destruction needs?

Most of us at one point or another have owned a paper shredder. In most cases it is sufficient enough for destroying most information that is contained on paper. But today, our information is not only printed on paper, it is stored on magnetic media such as hard drives, thumb drives or optical media such as CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs. Obviously any media other than paper in most cases cannot be destroyed using a paper shredder. We need to use something else to render this information useless.

If you have other forms of media you need to destroy, you will need something larger like a disintegrator. A disintegrator is a form of an industrial paper shredder that can not only destroy paper, but it can destroy a plethora of other optical media and small e-media devices as well. A disintegrator works by using a scissor cutting action where rotating knives are spinning in a destruction chamber where it works with stationary knives to slice the material over and again until the material is small enough to fall through a security screen where it is evacuated into a waste container.

Disintegrators come in several different sizes and can be customized to fit your particular location or destruction requirement. Most disintegrators will require 3-phase power which can range anywhere from 208 volts up to 480 volts. For some, this may be too much machine either physically or financially. However there is a solution.

Perhaps the flexibility of a mixed media destruction system is what you need. A mixed media destruction system consists of a specially designed Model 200 series of office disintegrators.

standalone-disintegrator

A Model 200 disintegrator will not replace a heavy duty classified approved paper shredder or a dedicated optical media destroyer for shredding CD/DVDs. It will however give you the capability to destroy paper, CD/DVDs, thumb drives, audio tapes and key tape with just one machine. This is paramount to a SCIF or small office that needs the convenience of being able to destroy all of these different types of media with one small space saving office machine.

What are your future destruction needs? This is the question many of us ponder from time to time. The only way to answer this is to be prepared with a device that can destroy almost everything we put our important information on. Just like insurance, we never think we will need it until the time comes.