Blancco’s 2026 State of Data Sanitization Report confirms what many organizations don’t want to admit: Confidence ≠ controlled process.

Good article from Paul Gray on cybersecurity and IT asset risk. We still rely a lot on trust in ITAD...reports, certificates, and other documentation. The problem is none of it verifies what actually happened. There’s a big difference between certification and verification. Certification shows a vendor meets a standard. Verification shows what actually happened. libi.media/post/cybersecurit…

ITAD Is Broken. Here’s the Framework That Can Save You. It’s time to make ITAD defensible. Because when regulators come knocking, “we trusted our vendor” is not a strategy. retireit.medium.com/itad-is-…

Allowing one person to control both asset tracking and disposition is like letting the fox guard the henhouse. ISO 27001 makes it clear, segregating duties isn’t optional. #ITAD #ISO27001 #riskmanagement

As enterprise buyers adopt zero-trust frameworks and demand ISO 27001/SOC 2-aligned assurance, traditional ITAD certifications risk becoming irrelevant unless reformed. Is @ITAD_Research right? compliancestandards.com/2025…

What do R2 Certification and taxi cabs have in common? retireit.medium.com/the-r2-f…

The R2 Certification Loophole No One Talks About A flaw in the R2v3 Standard: certifications apply only to individual facilities, not the company. If a site closes, accountability vanishes. retireit.medium.com/the-r2-f…

Certifications mean nothing if no one is held accountable. Help hold our industry to a higher standard. #ITAD #cybersecurity chng.it/QTqPrVtt4W

When a trusted partner walks away from certification, it’s time to ask why. I was just told by one of my most reliable partners (nearly 500 projects together) that they’re dropping its e-Stewards certification. Sign the Petition! chng.it/675Wwcbh4R

Would your ITAD vendor fail a “Man Overboard” drill? One fake asset. One simple test. Total exposure. Don’t assume chain of custody—prove it. 👉retireit.medium.com/man-over…

Don’t Swallow the Sweet Talk of ServiceNow-ITAD Integration. Why ServiceNow-ITAD Integration is the Corn Syrup of IT Asset Management. medium.com/@retireit/dont-sw… #ServiceNow #ITAD #Cybersecurity

Cyberattacks grab headlines, but there’s a quieter, more insidious threat slipping through the cracks. Data theft through ITAD is a wide-open backdoor that adversaries, especially foreign state actors, can exploit with devastating consequences.

Stop Data Breaches: Hold ITAD Certifiers Accountable! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/675Wwcbh4R via @Change

Investigations regarding Wisetek Iron Mountain driver theft data breach. Key questions: 🔍 Did Iron Mountain know about the breach before the acquisition? 🔍 Were all affected clients properly notified? resource-recycling.com/e-scr…

He stole thousands of computers—and got hired again. Sensitive data lost. Certifiers silent. We trust e-Stewards, R2, and NAID AAA to protect us. When they don't, we’re all at risk. ✍️ Sign the petition: chng.it/qSZthhhdWF #DataBreach #CyberSecurity #ITAD #Accountability

ITAM has it backwards. Why IT Asset Management needs to flip the script and change from “Retire and Dispose to “Dispose, Then Retire.” retireit.medium.com/why-it-a…

Is someone else getting a better ITAD deal than you? Vendors charge wildly different prices—some get discounts, others face hidden fees. Don’t overpay! Get a free Retire-IT quote and see what you should pay. 💸 #ITAD

If hackers can bribe @coinbase employees to steal client data, bribing an IT asset manager would not be hard. Calling a missing asset retired is easy. Thieves get away with stealing unwanted computers while ITAM sweeps the problem under the rug.

Is USAID Handing Hackers the Keys? USAID's unaccountable ITAD policy is a data breach waiting to happen. resource-recycling.com/e-scr… #ITAD #BADITAD #Cybersecurity #USAID