Hard drive shredding, secure IT recycling, and IT asset disposition in Maryland
3 metros in Maryland, from Cumberland and Rocket Center to Fort Meade and Annapolis Junction. On-site destruction to NSA/CSS 9-12 and NIST 800-88, witnessed, with a certificate before we leave.
Why Maryland
Maryland is where NSA/CSS 9-12 was written. Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Detrick, and Allegany Ballistics Laboratory are at or past our 300-mile line, and we go for the installations. The Online Data Privacy Act took effect in October 2025 on top of the state’s existing disposal requirement.
How we work in Maryland
Maryland is served for the installations: Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Detrick, and Allegany Ballistics Laboratory. Cumberland is same-week; Frederick and Fort Meade are scheduled with additional planning and paired with Martinsburg or Washington runs. Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act took effect in October 2025 on top of an existing requirement that personal information be made unreadable before disposal.
Related: CMMC, NIST 800-171, and DCSA: why we recommend destroying CUI media.
Metros we serve in Maryland
- 4 h from Mansfield. Same-week service. Serving Allegany Ballistics Laboratory.
- 5 h from Mansfield. Extra planning. Serving Fort Detrick.
- 5 h 30 m from Mansfield. Extra planning. Serving Fort Meade.
Installations and defense clusters in Maryland
We serve the contractors and organizations around these installations, under the conditions their sponsors set.
- Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Rocket Center
- Fort Detrick
- Fort George G. Meade
- Aberdeen Proving Ground
The rules in Maryland
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act
Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act took effect in October 2025 on top of the state's existing Personal Information Protection Act, which already requires that records with personal information be made unreadable before disposal.
Questions from Maryland
How soon can you be in Maryland?
Usually the next business day in Cumberland and Rocket Center. Our extended-range metros in Maryland are scheduled with additional planning.
Do you serve towns in Maryland that are not listed?
Yes. The metros are where we go most; the truck goes anywhere in the lower 48. Tell us where you are and we will quote it.
What rules apply to retired hardware in Maryland?
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act. Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act took effect in October 2025 on top of the state's existing Personal Information Protection Act, which already requires that records with personal information be made unreadable before disposal. Federal standards apply on top: NIST 800-88 Rev. 2 for every job, NSA/CSS 9-12 for classified media, and HIPAA, CJIS, GLBA, CMMC, or IRS 1075 depending on who you are.
Can you meet NSA/CSS 9-12 at a contractor facility near Fort Meade?
Yes. NSA-listed equipment comes to your facility, your cleared personnel witness, and the process is the manual’s: degauss then deform for magnetic media, 2 mm disintegration for solid-state.
Do you serve Baltimore?
Yes, on the same run as Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground, scheduled with additional planning.