What it means inside an ITAD operating model.
Examples can include drives and other storage components within servers, endpoints, storage systems, and network equipment.
ITAD glossary
A component capable of storing information and therefore requiring an explicit security and disposition outcome rather than being treated only as part of the parent chassis.
Examples can include drives and other storage components within servers, endpoints, storage systems, and network equipment.
Component-level identity matters because a chassis may be processed successfully while a removed, failed, or replaced data-bearing component follows a different security path.
External reference for media-sanitization program concepts. ITAD Lens does not claim NIST certification or automatic compliance.
ITAD Lens public evidence model for data-bearing components.