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US 9,430,654 B1Granted
Process of destroying data on units within an organization when they are not functioning or no longer in use
AssigneeTechR2
InventorSepehr Rajaie
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Abstract
The invention is a process that verifies that the unit that currently holds data or at one time held data has the data destroyed. This invention requires a secured database to hold information to prove that the units that currently hold data or at one time held data has the data destroyed. This invention provides unique identification to label the unit and to correlate with information provided. The invention requires a secure container to hold the unit after identification.
Claims17
A process comprising the steps of:
- having a plurality of non-transitory memory devices with the memory devices containing data;
- tagging the non-transitory memory device with an unique ID tag;
- recording information about the non-transitory memory device on an electronic means creating an audit trail;
- placing the non-transitory memory device in a secure container;
- removing the non-transitory memory device from the secure container;
- confirming that the recorded information about the non-transitory memory device matches the recorded information by reviewing the audit trail for discrepancies;
- destroying the data on the non-transitory memory device if the record information matches;
- destroying the non-transitory memory device if the recorded information matches;
- having a real time portal to relay to the status of the non-transitory memory devices;
- and
- providing certification that the data on the non-transitory memory was destroyed.
8 more elements
A process consisting of the steps of:
- having a plurality of non-transitory memory devices with the non-transitory memory devices containing data;
- tagging the non-transitory memory device with a unique ID tag;
- recording information about the non-transitory memory device on an electronic means creating an audit trail;
- placing the non-transitory memory device in a secure container;
- removing the non-transitory memory device from the secure container;
- confirming that the recorded information of about the non-transitory memory device matches the recorded information by reviewing the audit trail reviewed for discrepancies;
- destroying the data on the non-transitory memory device if the record information matches;
- destroying the non-transitory memory device if the recorded information matches and where there are discrepancies in the audit trial correct those discrepancies;
- having a real time portal to relay the status of the non-transitory memory devices;
- and
- providing certification that the non-transitory memory device was destroyed.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.