THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE
Search for “how to destroy hard drives for HIPAA compliance” and every result on page one was written by a company that sells hard drive destruction services.
That’s not guidance. That’s marketing.
IT managers at mid-market companies face a real problem: they’re responsible for disposing of data-bearing equipment in a way that satisfies HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-88, and a patchwork of state data breach laws — but every “resource” they find is designed to funnel them toward a specific vendor’s services.
Disposition Compliance exists to fill that gap.
WHAT WE DO
We translate federal compliance requirements into practical, actionable guidance for IT professionals who need to build defensible data destruction programs.
That means specific regulatory citations — not “HIPAA requires reasonable safeguards,” but “45 CFR 164.310(d)(2) mandates implementation specifications for media disposal and media re-use, requiring covered entities to establish policies and procedures addressing final disposition of ePHI and the hardware it resides on.”
It means real enforcement cases — not “violations can be costly,” but “Morgan Stanley paid a $35 million SEC settlement for hiring a moving company with no ITAD expertise to decommission servers containing 15 million customer records.”
It means decision frameworks — not “consult a professional,” but “if your media inventory is more than 60% SSD, a degausser will not satisfy NIST 800-88 Purge requirements for those drives. Here are the three methods that will.”
WHAT WE DON’T DO
We don’t sell ITAD services. We don’t manufacture or resell data destruction equipment. We don’t operate as a consultant-for-hire. We don’t accept sponsored content or vendor-provided articles.
When we recommend products, methods, or vendor evaluation criteria, those recommendations come from the regulatory requirements — not from a revenue relationship.
OUR STANDARD
The name Disposition Compliance reflects what standards actually mean: specific, measurable, enforceable requirements that protect organizations and the people whose data they hold.
If we cite a regulation, you can verify it. If we reference an enforcement case, it’s documented. If we recommend an approach, we explain the regulatory basis.
That’s the standard.