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The Navy Needs 2 Tons of Storage Devices Burned to Ash

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 12 2019, @12:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the use-it-for-target-practice dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Naval Surface Warfare Center at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico has—literally—tons of IT hardware and equipment used for classified programs that need to be destroyed by the most secure and irreversible means.

While White Sands Missile Range is an Army facility, NAVSEA researchers have a detachment there working on "land-based weapons system testing, directed energy weapons testing"—lasers—"and research rocket launch support," according to their webpage. Those researchers have on hand some 4,000 pounds of IT equipment, including magnetic, optical and solid-state storage devices with highly sensitive, classified data.

The center issued a solicitation for destruction services that specifically calls for all designated equipment to be burned "to ash."

The information stored on these devices is highly sensitive, as evidenced by the physical security requirements set forth in the solicitation. The incineration facility must have "at the minimum, secure entry, 24-hour armed guards and 24/7 camera surveillance with recordable date and time capabilities."

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/02/navy-needs-2-tons-storage-devices-burned-ash/154629/

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday February 12 2019, @12:55PM (4 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday February 12 2019, @12:55PM (#800044)

    Sounds like they're looking for a municipal waste incineration facility - in South Florida those were owned and operated by the mob. Suuuuure, they've got armed guards and video security - especially the Russian mob.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by driverless on Tuesday February 12 2019, @01:17PM

    by driverless (4770) on Tuesday February 12 2019, @01:17PM (#800048)

    The incineration facility must have "at the minimum, secure entry, 24-hour armed guards and 24/7 camera surveillance with recordable date and time capabilities."

    I know a facility in Tianjin that perfectly meets those requirements. The PLA... uhh, subcontractor will even meet the costs of shipping all the highly classified storage media there.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @01:54PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @01:54PM (#800066)

    Ship it to Fort Meade. The NSA does this kind of destruction as part of their job.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday February 12 2019, @03:47PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday February 12 2019, @03:47PM (#800126)

      Spoiler alert: The NSA is who they're trying to hide it from.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @07:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @07:04PM (#800247)

    Outsource it. Outsource IT. Same difference. Mumbai or Shanghai today sir?