Verify Your Data Sanitization with The Ellison Test

The most comprehensive data sanitisation assessment for businesses, ensuring trust for users of the service.

We give you evidence that your data sanitisation tools and processes are effective  – giving you and your customers peace of mind.

Engineer testing servers

What we do.

Providing you with what customers ask for most: Proof that data is being sanitised securely.

Data sanitisation depends on certified products for effectiveness, but human error or flawed procedures can compromise results.

The Ellison Test is an in-the-moment evaluation of an organisation’s data sanitisation capability. It focusses on the data sanitisation tools used by the organisation, as well as the surrounding procedures, such as quality control and staff competency.

Imperative to the ADISA ITAD Certifications, providing insights into your data sanitisation practices that other certifications do not, allowing your business to stand out among the many.

Upon completion, your business will receive:

A report certificate listing all passed criteria
A confidential advisory report with additional recommendations
A listing on the ADISA Certification website with the date of the test, and certificate to download 

Powered by the ADISA Research Centre, with over a decade of expertise, extensive proprietary testing techniques and a global reach, we can send forensic analysts to your site, anywhere in the world.

Results You Can Trust

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Physical data destruction

What we test.

Process
We test how your tools are configured, maintained and used

Are the products configured and being used as per manufacturers’ guidelines?
Are the products being used holding appropriate certifications?
Are the products being used maintained and appropriated, having their configuration regularly checked and their output verified?

Product
We evaluate if your products are fit for purpose

The scope of the Ellison Test includes the storage types and destruction products that are more commonly encountered, as listed below:

Re-use

– Magnetic Hard Drives

– Solid State Drives

– Smart Phones

– Tape

Destruction

– Shredding

– Degaussing

– Other methods (e.g. crusher)