Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts, including cybersecurity tips for a remote environment, establishing sustainable practices with asset disposition, ITAD services for non-traditional assets, and how proper IT asset disposition enhances circularity.
Cybersecurity Tips for a Remote Environment
As a new facet of the ITAD industry, remote support is a value-added service that became necessary when remote working was thrust into the spotlight during the pandemic. Working from home has continued to be a popular method. However, hackers are evolving alongside technology, and a remote environment often makes IT assets more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Businesses typically provide IT equipment for employees, such as laptops, computers, phones, tablets, and printers, Many remote workers prefer to use their personal devices while working from home. Corporations often have cybersecurity measures in place, but many remote workers do not consider taking the same precautions when working off personal devices, and hackers are becoming more challenging to identify. Fortunately, there are ways to protect data even in a remote environment, and proactive steps can be taken to prevent data breaches.
ITAD: Establish Sustainable Practices with Asset Disposition
Sustainability is a popular topic of discussion in the business world, and partnering with an ITAD provider helps companies establish sustainable practices with responsible IT asset disposition. Large corporations have been under fire for years for significant carbon emissions, and many are developing strategies that help reduce their carbon footprint. The need for IT asset disposition is growing, and ITAD partners provide more than just proper asset disposal. ITAD enterprises offer end-of-use services, including data security, asset repair and redeployment, reverse logistics, and data center solutions. Implementing sustainable practices by partnering with an ITAD provider eliminates the hassle of scrambling for initiative opportunities and ensures environmental credibility.
ITAD Providers Offer Services for Non-Traditional Assets
Traditionally, office IT assets included desktops, printers, scanners, and landlines, but as technology advanced and a digital age was born, mobile devices became more utilized, establishing a need for non-traditional asset processing. IT asset disposition (ITAD) enterprises provide a range of end-of-use services for retired IT assets, including non-traditional assets.
How Proper IT Asset Disposition Enhances Circularity
Circularity follows a circular economic model, where goods are purchased, used, reused, or recycled rather than thrown away. Circularity is becoming increasingly important in the digital age, especially for electronic waste. A linear economy enables the accumulation of e-waste, which often leads to environmental pollution when e-waste is not disposed of correctly. IT asset disposition (ITAD) providers collect retired IT equipment and ensure it is disposed of in an environmentally sound manner. ITAD providers also offer various other end-of-use services that help clients enhance circularity and boost environmental credibility.