Hard drive shredding, secure IT recycling, and IT asset disposition in State College, Pennsylvania
Our mobile destruction truck reaches State College in about 4 h. We serve Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory and the contractors and organizations around it. Drives, SSDs, tapes, and devices are destroyed in your parking lot, under your supervision, with a certificate that satisfies NIST 800-88 and NSA/CSS 9-12.
- Drive from Mansfield245 mi
- Typical arrival4 h
- SchedulingSame-week service
- Job minimumNone
Why State College
Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory is a Navy University Affiliated Research Center with classified programs in undersea systems, materials, and navigation. Between ARL, the university’s own research data, and student records under FERPA, State College retires media that has to be destroyed to a standard, not just wiped.
Because State College is one of our next-day metros, we can usually be on-site the day after you call, and there is no minimum: a single server is a job. Every on-site job is quoted individually, so tell us what you have and we will send a custom quote.
Who calls us from State College
The rules for each kind of buyer, mapped to the process: healthcare, law enforcement, defense contractors, suppliers, government, education, financial services, data centers.
- Penn State Applied Research Laboratory programs
- University research units and IT
- Centre County government
- Health system and hospitals
Serving Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory and its contractors
We work for the contractors, suppliers, and organizations around these installations, under the security conditions their sponsors set. Cleared personnel, NSA-listed equipment, and destruction inside your perimeter.
- Penn State Applied Research LaboratoryNavy University Affiliated Research Center with classified undersea, materials, and navigation programs.
The rules that come up most here: NSA/CSS 9-12 for classified media; DoDM 5205.07 for Special Access Program material; NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC 2.0 for CUI; FERPA for student records. See how we destroy to each.
Three services, one visit
Hard drive shredding in State College
Hard drive shredding in State College serves Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, a Navy University Affiliated Research Center with classified undersea and navigation programs, alongside the university's own research data and FERPA-protected student records. Classified media is destroyed on NSA-listed equipment under your security officer's conditions.
Secure IT recycling in State College
Secure IT recycling in State College handles university lab and office hardware and the health system's fleet: storage destroyed on the truck, working parts back into service, boards to a domestic smelter.
IT asset disposition in State College
IT asset disposition in State College is research-building refreshes with classified and CUI media in the mix, and campus cycles on the academic calendar. We inventory, destroy on-site, and itemize the certificate. For a handful of drives, Shred by Mail is often the better fit.
What happens on the day
The truck arrives
We park at your dock or lot. Your staff bring the media out, or we pull it from racks and closets with you.
Everything is destroyed while you watch
Hard drives are shredded. Solid-state media is reduced to 2 mm particles. Tapes, phones, and optical media go in the same day. Serial numbers can be recorded first.
You keep the certificate
A Certificate of Destruction listing what was destroyed, by which method, and when, plus recycling documentation from our R2-certified partners.
The rules in Pennsylvania
Breach of Personal Information Notification Act
Pennsylvania's breach notification law, updated in 2023, broadened what counts as personal information and tightened notice timelines. A drive that leaves your building intact is a breach waiting to be discovered.
Federal standards we destroy to
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 for every job. NSA/CSS 9-12 for classified and national security media, and DoDM 5205.07 for Special Access Program material. HIPAA, CJIS, GLBA, FACTA, CMMC, IRS 1075, and FERPA depending on who you are. See how we match method to standard.
Questions from State College
Can you destroy ARL classified media on campus?
Yes, under your security officer's conditions. NSA-listed equipment comes to your facility, your cleared personnel witness, and the certificate names the machine and each item.
How soon can you be in State College?
Usually the next business day. Same-day is sometimes possible if the truck is already routed your way.
Is there a minimum?
No. Small jobs in State College are easy to add to a route. For a handful of drives, Shred by Mail may be cheaper.
What does it cost?
Every on-site job is quoted individually based on item count, media types, the standard you need, and travel. Here is what moves the number, or tell us what you have and we will send a custom quote.
Do you offer free pickup or free recycling in State College?
No. Free recycling makes its money by reselling your hardware whole, online or overseas, which is exactly how retired drives end up in a breach. Our fee pays technicians to disassemble your equipment, inspect every part that could hold data, and destroy those parts on your site with a certificate. If nothing sensitive was ever on the equipment, free may be fine. If your data is regulated or classified, it is not. Why free is not free.
Do you handle classified media in State College?
Yes. We are one of very few providers able to meet NSA/CSS 9-12 and DoDM 5205.07 destruction requirements on-site, with NSA-listed equipment and your cleared personnel supervising, under your security officer’s conditions.
Can our staff watch?
Yes, and we encourage it. Witnessed destruction is the point of bringing the truck to you.
What about paper records?
We do not shred paper. We concentrate on electronic media, and we can point you to a paper-shredding partner we trust.