Contaminants Found in Computers

Posted on May 22, 2013 by thalsell

Contaminants Found in Computers…

What you need to know…

Outdated, unwanted and broken computers and other electronic equipment are known as e-waste (electronic waste). E-waste that is not disposed of properly is considered hazardous because it contains metals and other materials that can harm humans and the environment. Rapid advances in computer technology have resulted in a ballooning volume of outdated and discarded computers. The average life span of a computer is 2-3 years and items that break are usually discarded rather than repaired due to the relatively low price of replacement equipment. Obsolete and unwanted computers usually end up destined for landfills, incinerators or hazardous waste exports. Millions of computers and computer-related equipment become obsolete or “retired” every year.

The reuse of used electronics equipment and consumption of materials recovered from electronics to manufacture new products boosts the U.S. economy, creates jobs and sustains natural resources, conserves impressive amounts of energy in the manufacturing process and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from those facilities. Additionally, reuse & remanufacturing keeps these contaminants from the ground and air preventing ground water contamination.

Cadmium

-Found in chip resistors, infrared detectors, and semiconductors. Cadmium is persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic.

Lead

-Found in glass panels in computer monitors and in lead soldering of printed circuit boards. Lead can accumulate in the environment and have a detrimental effect on plants, animals, humans and water resources. One computer monitor can contain up to 8 pounds of lead. Consumer electronics may be responsible for 40% of the lead found in landfills. The principal pathway of concern is lead leaching from landfills and contaminating drinking water supplies.

Mercury

-Found in position sensors, relays and switches (e.g., on printed circuit boards) and batteries. When mercury makes its way into waterways, it is transformed into methylated mercury in the sediments. Methylated mercury accumulates in living organisms and travels up the food chain.

Hexavalent Chromium or Chromium VI

-Used to protect against corrosion of untreated and galvanized steel plates. Major pathways are through landfill leachate or from fly ash generated when materials containing Chromium VI are incinerated.

Brominated Flame Retardants

-Found on printed circuit boards, semi-conductor components such as plastic covers and cables. Once released into the environment through landfill leachate and incarnation become concentrated in the food chain.

The BCD Digital Data Destruction System

Posted on March 28, 2013 by thalsell

The BCD Digital data destruction system, an in house proprietary disk wiping system conforming to NIST 800-88.

NIST 800-88 is the most up to date, complete and proven data wiping standard.

Here is a report on the NIST Standard:

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/800-88-rev1/sp800_88_r1_draft.pdf

The BCD system also includes automated reporting with serialization.

With the BCD System, BCD Electro can process large and small quantities of hard drives and provide data breach protection at very competitive pricing.

You may be using outside vendors to process HDD’s, or using outdated software and wasting employee time in non core activities.

Why not just grind ‘em up?

Reusing an item means that it continues to be a valuable, useful, productive item, and replaces new items that would utilize more water, energy, timber, petroleum, and other limited natural resources in their manufacture. Businesses can save significant dollars in disposal by reselling or donating items that are no longer needed. This method of “materials exchange” results in disposal savings by the generating company, and saving in the purchase of the material by the recipient organization. Reuse adds value!

Williams, E.D.
United Nations Univ., Tokyo, Japan;

…….In contrast with many home appliances, life cycle energy use of a computer is dominated by production (83%) as opposed to operation (17%). The yearly life cycle cost of owning a computer is about 3,000 MJ/year, half again that of a refrigerator, a much larger appliance that uses far more electricity in operation. The short lifespan of computers and the variety of computing needs of users suggests that extension of lifespan, for example by promptly reselling to users who need less computing power, is a promising approach to mitigating environmental impacts.

NIST 800-88 is the latest and most complete data deleting method

The National Association for Information Destruction (NAID), reported that top executives from 300 firms ranked data security as one of their top critical issues. Environmental concerns are leading them to consider reuse of IT assets they might once have destroyed. Other organizations lease IT equipment. Both scenarios require methods to securely remove confidential data without physically destroying drives. Recyclers and refurbishers looking to win customers that have data breach concerns, and, are focused on going green, are using NIST approved and certified data erasure to present a safe option for disk sanitization that outperforms many other disk wiping utilities.

NIST 800-88 data erasure overwrites information while leaving the disk operable….. preserving assets and the environment. Many hard drives have hidden and locked areas that potentially include remapped sectors, which standard multi wipe data wiping freeware and less sophisticated overwriting tools cannot access or erase. The NIST method offers advantages for electronics recyclers and their customers.

Studies indicate that the life energy use of a computer is mostly manufacturing (81 percent). Operation is 19 percent. Extending a hard drives usable life by data wiping and reuse is a valid approach to reducing energy consumption associated with manufacturing and destruction.

NIST 800-88 erasure standards using Linux based reporting tools such as the BCD System can be most effective because they will erase data in remapped sectors. A broader range of support for network hardware, such as enterprise servers, storage area network (SAN) environments and fiber channel disks can be had with this method as well.

Most importantly, the capability of NIST 800-88 with Linux based automated and serialized reporting can keep track of the drives that have have sanitized. This method also provides a validation certificate showing the overwriting procedure was completed successfully or not. Companies that rely on their electronics recycler for data breach protection must insist on auditable data breach protection.

The cost for data erasure is minimal, data breaches cost companies $5 million on average, the real costs are damage to corporate reputation and regulatory non-compliance.

Call or email today and get a quote on your hard drive data protection needs

214 630 4298

bharris@bcdelectro.com

Can system administrators avoid using Java?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by bharris

Java’s security difficulties have made the life of a system administrator a nightmare lately. Billions of devices and numerous work PCs run java in a huge number of applications, all maintained to some standard to prevent security weakness and to protect data. In the last few months Oracle has struggles to quickly hot fix issues that reveal major security concerns in their software architecture. On January 13th 2013 Oracle was set to release a new security patch that should prevent the drive by browser attacks, but by late January it had already been shown that the patch could be bypassed by hackers.

So with company systems administration in mind many system administrators had to disable java on all of their systems. Depending on the network this could have been done pretty easily, for example in a windows environment using group policies to activate the file system and take control to set 3 entries:

Computer Configuration–Preferences–Windows Settings–Files–File–Delete-Find: “HDD-\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\plugin2\npjp2.dll”
Computer Configuration–Preferences–Windows Settings–Files–File–Delete-
Find: “HDD-\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\plugin2\npjp2.dll”
Computer Configuration–Policies–Administrative Templates–Windows Components–Internet Explorer–Internet Control Panel–Security Page–Internet Zone–Java Permissions–Enabled–Disable Java

When used correctly these setting delete the Java plug in responsible for the security vulnerabilities. If a user needs java you could set it up with them on a as needed basis. Any in house sites, like intranet, will be safe from this adaptation as well, so user will be able to run Java in those instances. Also if you have online sites that you must connect to and use Java, you can add them to the “Trusted Sites” in windows and guarantee only java on those sites. It wasn’t too hefty a work around in most cases, but in others the network was not so tightly run, nor were all the people responsible for those networks as prepared as a major business.

Some businesses lost information because of this issue. Now Oracle has finished what they say definitively puts an end to this issue and released an update that patched the version of the Java client. But while they worked to fix the issue many worked to help create new systems to catch Java’s failings, each step along the way costing businesses money that they otherwise wouldn’t have had to spend. The ripple effect that occurs when data is lost hits finances in businesses, that’s why when you recycle IT equipment if you going with the cheapest auctioneer you could be at risk for a major oversight.

At BCD Electro we’ve been protecting our clients data as a top priority while even big businesses and major industries have simple oversights that cause them to lose critical data. We’re diligent in the protection of our customers business from any loss, and in many cases hope to help them increase revenue by creating a solid method of remarketing, recycling and refurbishing to ensure maximum returns from all products from new to legacy.

Recycling Old Computers and Other Equipment

Posted on January 28, 2013 by bharris

Computers are very useful for performing numerous work related tasks. The machines are also modes of entertainment such as listening to music, watching movies, pictures and playing games. But after these machines have performed their last tasks, people generally throw them away. It is in such a situation that computers can create a problem for the environment. Computers contain heavy metals, carcinogens and toxic chemicals and not disposing them in a proper way can create a harmful effect for water and air supplies in a large area around where they are dumped. In such a scenario, computer recycling becomes a necessity.

Computer recycling is not a recent phenomenon. Since the advent of these machines, developed countries have found different ways to get rid of these electronic devices. One of the most common methods was to export them to second world countries. Import and export of e-waste is illegal in some ways, but as developing countries offer cheap labor and major business incentives for cheap disposal and recycling more and more shady recyclers exploit loopholes. Many developed countries have followed suit and dispose of their waste in other countries. There is hope though- if you do not want your old electronic device to be tossed into a landfill or burned, the below information can give you better recycling options.

How we can help

One good way of recycling your old electronic hardware is by looking for a reputable recycler. A ethical recycling company will provide you information about the type of labor they are using, if they are exporting the e-waste or how they are recycling different parts of the computer. Before you give your computer device to the recycler, it is recommended that you wipe the device’s hard drive of all your personal information or clear it of any sensitive data. At BCD we offer destruction and erasure services that are certified with NIST 800.88 technologies that ensure your data will be protected.

Reusing old components

If your equipment is still in working order, but not valuable enough to reclaim a recycling company is a good option. An ethical recycler will be upfront with you about who the recipients of the devices are, what components are beings reused and if you can get any money back for it. At BCD we can show you a clear path where the electronic components go and ensure you that they are not affecting the environment with downstream accountability at every step.

Offering Secure and Convenient Recycling of Electronic Equipment in 2013

Posted on January 15, 2013 by bharris

Welcome to 2013. With the new year comes more great change!

With rapid advancement in technology, businesses find themselves with outdated electronic devices more frequently. Recycling outdated electronic devices is an option companies can take to prevent e-waste piling up work spaces and landfills. Per the Environmental Protection Agency, more than 200 million components of computer equipment are generated every year. Yet, less than 20% percent of these electronic pieces are being recycled leaving more than 150 million electronic hazards being dumped in landfills.

Computers contain heavy metals and toxic materials that can harm the environment when they enter the soil through landfills. Burning different components of these electronic also releases toxic gases that create a negative effect on the atmosphere. Disposing electronic equipment responsibly is one of the main concerns voiced by many businesses in the current scenario.

Environmental responsibility, Data security

To prevent the harsh environmental impacts of electronic wastes, BCD provides multiple easy options for e-waste disposal in a responsible manner that does not involve exporting it to third world countries or dumping it in landfills.

Environmental liability, standards compliance and identity thefts are some of the major concerns of businesses today when they are disposing their old computing units. From highly confidential company information to personal and financial records, the data on laptops, desktops, business servers consist of patented and sensitive data that can be misused if it falls into the wrong hands.

Services at BCD can help companies return to lease, recycle or resell your outdated computer equipment in an environmentally conscious and secure manner that observes all the regulatory guidelines set for the procedure. Companies can be guaranteed of sensitive data protection by removing labels and tags from equipment, shredding inoperable disks and overwriting hard drives. BCD has proven service and performance in protecting sensitive information while recycling excess computing equipment.

Customized recycling service

For special industries and other partners who need integrated deployments and nonstandard service, BCD offers flexible services that include customized recovery solutions. Recovery and recycling services from BCD have convenient and free options for electronic disposal. When working with us, businesses can be rest assured that their equipment will be recycled responsibly.

Enjoy your new devices this holiday, let us worry about the old!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by bharris

In the electronics industry November and December are actually some of the busiest months. While many people are taking time off for family and celebration, they also are buying electronics and throwing out old devices. Unfortunately many of these folks will toss something toxic into the garbage and it’s all because of the lack of knowledge of the many simple recycling opportunities available to them.
Some cities are better equipped to handle the recycling necessity better than others. Managing a recycling program that allows drop offs of lead filled televisions and electronics, as well as paint and batteries is a must. Community awareness is a must too but actually one of the hardest parts of maintaining an effective program. At BCD we work with cities and large counties in the DFW metroplex and surrounding region to help us keep products that it would be best to recycle out of landfills.

Cities that struggle with electronic waste can alleviate that risk through many recycling opportunities available to them including partnerships with BCD Electro. When cities stay informed about recycling they recover valuable resources and keep our environmental impact on mines and landfills to a minimum.

Many types of devices can be reused and some pose threats to public health if buried in a landfill, pretty much anything with a circuit board or cathode ray tube should be recycled. Some specific types of equipment your town should be keeping separate for recycling include audio equipment as well as DVD players and VCRs, MP3 players, radios and stereos, speakers, and remotes for those devices as well as TVs cordless phones and cell phones. If you have video equipment like digital recorders, camcorders or tape recorders or even just an old film camera recycling can keep batteries and flash bulbs from being improperly dumped into the trash.

Many people are worried about personal data that might be on their hard drives when they turn in a computer for recycling, and with good measure because even if you delete something from a hard drive by throwing it into the recycling bin and then deleting it, that memory can actually still be accesses inside the hard drive using simple program. That means that just using windows recycling bin to delete everything and clean a hard drive actually is not enough, because that only delinks the memory from being filed, unless it was overwritten with something it still exists.

This does not mean however that you have to destroy a hard drive to make absolutely sure that your old files are gone. A trusted electronics recycling company like BCD electro can clear those drives using an NIST 800.88 compliant process that ensures the files can never be accessed again. That means all of your tax, banking and work files will be safe from any unwanted behavior.

Be safe this season and celebrate responsibly by keeping those old devices out of our ground water! Have a great holiday everyone and remember most cooking disasters can be solved with extra bacon!

Proven secure electronic recycling and data destruction services.

Posted on November 23, 2012 by bharris

A question that is easy to ask is how much do companies stand to lose when some type of data loss occurs. For modern businesses, data is the heart and soul of their work. Data stored on hard drives supplies, if not their product itself, then records, payments, customer personal information, employee personal information, business intelligence and more.

Protecting this data continues to be one of the most important strategies for modern companies. When companies lose a little, costs can be large, when companies lose a lot the costs can mean bankruptcy, even for otherwise well off organizations. In a survey of datacenters one firm found that for every 1,000, 2 companies will have a data loss disaster strike that will cost them a major market share so significant that 43 percent of those companies close immediately and 29 more are bankrupt within the next two years.

The value of the data lost is critical, and to whom the data is lost to can both make up the determining factor in the severity of the disaster. Losing businesses strategies, customer contact information, or direct software products before release were the top three causes of death for companies that went under after a data loss disaster. When information was lost to competitors in the same industry many companies suffered from internal audits that cost many jobs and costly restructuring to occur.

After restructuring there are more costs with retraining new personnel and revising new methods for data loss prevention. If a company who serves software loses their ability to service for even a day customers who relied on them in the business to business field can quickly find replacement services they’ll prefer because they deem them more consistent.

It can seem like losing bits of information won’t cost so much but the real personal reality of the situation is that investigating and mitigating a data loss is one of the toughest struggles for companies to overcome. Companies have to investigate what was lost and to what extent they need to inform their clients. They also have to invent new strategies for protecting themselves in the future and terminate employees if they are involved in sabotage. They have to find new vendors and service providers or software if other businesses were involved. In almost every loss, daily business gets put on the backburner and figuring out what happened and if the company will make it through this becomes the harsh reality.

That’s why so many high security companies in the DFW area choose BCD Electro for their recycling needs. Our 800.88 complainant erasure process and our long history spanning over 30 years without a data loss incident ensure our client’s data will be serviced with the utmost care and protection. Almost all data losses can be prevented through simple, manageable, and measurable procedures that consistently protect from loss without losing too much time or investment. When you have to be completely sure your data won’t fall into the wrong hands, BCD has you covered.

Recycling America’s Reshored Electronic Manufacturing

Posted on November 7, 2012 by bharris

On the heels of the election globalization and shipping manufacturing jobs overseas has been a hot topic lately.

Many industries who once found extra business incentives to move their process to China or India are considering moving back to the USA to reshore their manufacturing because of a projected decrease in operating costs. The decrease stems from new initiatives for energy and labor in the US where businesses could cut their costs by as much as 20%, making reshoring a valuable option. In a recent study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 38% of manufacturers considering reshoring were also pressured by the fact that their competition had reshored.

This reshoring of manufacturing would create possibly millions of jobs in the US and help increase US exports. Another product of reshoring such an extensive amount of manufacturing is working with excess electronic inventory and remarketing services for these incoming new businesses. The same study found that $130 billion in new income could occur annually by the end of the decade. When you hear numbers that large it’s easy to see how they will affect propriety industries like electronic recycling as well.

All of these supply chain forecasts come sponsored by the Council of Supply Chain management Professionals (CSCMP) who provide lots of insight into the matters. What’s really questionable here is how many businesses will actually go from considerations to just making the switch, with financial numbers like the one’s proposed in the study it would be evident that businesses not making the switch are losing enough money every day it should justify any projects necessary to make the change happen.

The new elections may influence the decisions in one way or another, taxes, research and innovation, energy, trade, and other political areas prone to government regulations could boost or prove a stigma for businesses in the long run. All in all congress will have to find more ways to promote and encourage business growth to get the best return for the US from manufacturers who are on the fence about moving.

Although attacking the unemployment rate was a major platform for both presidential candidates and is a major topic of debate lately in US politics, securing the jobs needed by reshoring manufacturing is a tangible part of the boarder picture which does not get as much press. Yet it is a strong solution for consideration, and more lawmakers and businesses have been able to see its benefits and possibilities lately, so it could be a big topic in the next few years of political shuffling.

Competitiveness on the business horizon could be key in solving the last major problems of the US economy, and after months of being bombarded by bipartisanship the electorate will be judging the success of its votes with practical elements of their lives that are affected by the new government.

At BCD we’ll be watching closely as the decisions are made, and we look hopefully forward to meeting some new partners for excess inventory, recycling, and remarketing services.

Ethical and Free recycling? Yes it does exist.

Posted on October 18, 2012 by bharris

Electronic recycling is one of the toughest industries to succeed in. Earlier this month an article by John Kirsch, a very experienced electronic recycler in the New York City area, came out that exemplifies the tough situations that companies and small business owners face when working in our field.

I want to write a bit of a disagreement to some of his points about free and ethical recycling. I want to start with a simple example anybody can work with so you can understand how this industry can easily bury companies in the ground with too much toxic trash.

Consider a CRT monitor, or the old CRT televisions, the big boxy ones. There’s a lot of history behind them already and certainly these have reached the end of their life spans for the most part. Many of them are breaking or some of the smaller pieces like remotes and switches are failing and they are being tossed out left and right and replaced by newer flat screen models that really aren’t that expensive anymore. Perhaps a few collector’s items are still being passed around in select electronics markets, but for the most part you can’t sell them to a consumer. Refurbishing is often impossible for electronics recyclers as incredible compression engineering is used on the delicate electronics that houses the display, and investing in this refurbishing ability for the most part is a complete waste of time simply because many of the newer models cost so little and give so many other features and advantages for the general market.

The CRT monitor served as all of the television and computer screen technology for the entire county for many decades, there are millions and millions out there and they are all meeting the end of marketable life for anything that’s not a collector’s item at the same time. You cannot throw these in the garbage, they contain lots of lead, some mercury and they will literally poison groundwater and soils you throw them in, contaminating local water supplies for towns. Cities around Dallas have literally taken on expensive emergency efforts to dig these out of the ground in landfills after learning these facts.

It costs recycling businesses money to assume ownership of these CRT monitors. John Kirsch points out “There are costs for storage, processing and additional transportation. It would seem that these companies defy all economic principals(sic) in taking possession of the equipment for free.”, You’ll have to use a truck, hire some people to move them to a warehouse, everything costing you business money along the way. In the end the plastic and parts that are recyclable inside the CRT monitors will make your company less than 50 cents.

So at this point, with an understanding of all of that evidence about CRT monitors any economist will tell you, you cannot run a business around recycling these monitors; you’ll literally drive your company into the ground just for taking these in for free. They used to be worth hundreds of dollars less than a decade or two ago, and now you’re getting them for free, but you actually will lose money on that. It’s kind of a funny paradox when you understand it, but many business owners in electronic recycling have made critical mistakes assuming too much of these monitors and other electronic toxic garbage and now their companies are buried in debt or completely bankrupt. At BCD we have recycled these for free for many programs and taken on the expense to help in the efforts, but if a company reaches out to us with 900 CRT monitors and nothing else there will have to be recycling fees.

This however is not the only type of product you will assume as an electronic recycling company. Many times we work with technology vendors who can’t use a 3 year old machine in their line of work. They are working on the cutting edge and need the latest products or they won’t be able to do their jobs. They know that the machines they are upgrading from are valuable, but they aren’t electronics salesmen, and they make a lot more money doing what they do than listing their old computers on the internet. When they have lots of remarketable equipment not only do we pick it up for free but we share the money from the sales with them. We understand the used electronics markets very well and with our commitment to reuse we find ways to increase the value and extend the lifetime of working equipment. You can see how sometimes in electronics recycling the things we’re dealing with are actually very valuable and still remarketable. When companies need to recycle some CRT’s and other toxic trash along with their remaketable equipment we often times reach an agreement that easily can still include free recycling of the CRTs and other trash.

There has to be some balance, and the more you’re able to reuse the less you’ll have to recycle. In the history of BCD we’ve been very successful with our our process that breaks machines down by components and allows us to supply clean valuable legacy parts and refurbished equipment to businesses and consumers that is able to help support us. Our mission is to help with the huge problem of electronic recycling that was left by manufacturers who assumed no responsibility for the disposal of their toxic products. We’ve been here since before the new laws were passed because of this lack of responsibility forcing manufacturers to take their waste back for free and assume the costs themselves. We did it by never taking in what we couldn’t handle and always looking for a machine that with a little technical expertise could be refurbished and remarketed to consumers and business that need replacements.

The types of machines assumed by electronics recyclers can vary from true electro-garbage to expensive used equipment. Mr. Kirsch shares that his perspective is that more often than not the electro-garbage is more common than the used equipment when he says “From experience, I can tell you that the vast majority of e-waste is trash.” Then continues by insinuating that most “recycling” companies aren’t able to pay the employees they need when rhetorically asks “the “recycling” companies all have technicians on staff to rebuild machine(sic)?”.

Ironically to Mr. Kirsch the reality is at BCD we have multiple full time technicians who usually spend all or a good part of their day repairing and restoring computer systems to a high standard. We also hire web developers and system administrators who work on our websites, servers, and electronic infrastructure and they all are paid industry standard rates. We have security protocol that provides our clients the highest industry standards in data protection. It has allowed us to, in over 30 years of business, never have to tell a client we lost any data. We understand proprietary concerns of our clients and profits expected by their shareholders from shorter product lifetimes, and we act on their best interest and comply with their wishes to give them the services they need. Using industry acknowledged best practices we’re able to run a recycling business where many other recyclers have failed. We run a business that is able to reach out to communities and collect waste for free at many special recycling events around the DFW metroplex and through partnerships with their home cities, schools and businesses. We maintain a strict policy of ethics that doesn’t allow us to send recycling products to unethical companies,and does not allow any of our partners to practice unethical recycling as well. I’m not trying to claim that Mr. Kirsch perspective is not true or valid of his own view, I’m sure the differences between our situations in Dallas and New York are numerous, but I want to be clear that ethical and free electronic recycling does exist.

Data safety at every step of the process, The Java Zero-Day vulnerability.

Posted on September 29, 2012 by bharris

Often times when faced with data loss issues companies rely on thousands of individuals to completely protect them. You see when a server is maintained by one department, and utilized by a different department, and the software for it is written by 50 different companies and the hardware by 70, then the internet services by another, the recycling and disposal by another before long it gets pretty complicated. When data loss can occur at any step in the process it can be a very troubling thing, you have to make sure every single person who uses the machine is doing their job of protecting the company’s data correctly. That idea brings us to our next post in the series of data loss disasters, The Zero-Day Java meltdown.

Java has been put to the test quite a few times since its inception. Lucky it’s usually researchers who discover its open security issues, which have been proven to allow skilled computer hackers to gain access to any machine running Java in Windows. The term “gain access” here means literally all access, full read and write to all data on the machine, installing programs, running any programs available, full, open vulnerability. The only good thing about researchers finding it first is that if you have system administrators who pay strict attention to their professional news groups, they should be able to catch wind of the headlines and make changes to it before anything bad happens. On the other hand if they forget to read the headlines for a few weeks because they’re too busy, the announcement of the vulnerability only tips off hackers to scout boxes that are running the software, and suddenly your data is more at risk than ever before.

Suddenly everyone realizes just how complicated data security really is, you rely fundamentally on people who you don’t even know who don’t work at your company. With the way technology operates today data can be stolen through software, or hardware error, or just plain theft. The Java zero-day venerability was patched August 30th, with Oracle’s official response. Then last week, less than a month later, researcher’s pin pointed a new vulnerability. This new problem is just like the old one, a critical security vulnerability that puts all java users at high risk. Now that the statement has been issued and data is available on the new vulnerability, hackers can craft malicious websites that if victims visit they surrender total control of their system. It affects Java versions 5, 6 and 7 on Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari.

In all the areas that your data passes through, you have to have companies you can trust. That’s one of the best reasons why BCD Electro should handle your data destruction and asset disposition. In over 30 years in business we have never had a data breach with our own systems or a client’s. We work hard to keep it this way, and go well beyond traditional regulations to ensure our clients can trust their recycling to us. You might even say we’re doing better than Oracle.

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