ITAD insights

Guidance for planning secure IT asset disposal and infrastructure retirement.

Migrating from Cisco to Juniper: A Practical Guide for UK Businesses — Plan your Cisco-to-Juniper migration with Compritech. Explore network checks, onsite engineering, cutover testing, rollback and secure decommissioning.
Cisco to Juniper Command Cheat Sheet: A Practical Junos Guide — Compare IOS and Junos commands for interfaces, VLANs, routing, troubleshooting and safe commits.
HDD, SSD and NVMe Destruction: Which Method Should You Use? — Compare secure erasure, cryptographic erase, degaussing and physical destruction for HDD, SSD and NVMe media using a risk-based process.
How to Commission Cisco and Juniper Infrastructure Safely — An engineer-led guide to safely commissioning Cisco and Juniper infrastructure, covering secure configuration, testing, rollback and handover.
Data Centre Exit Checklist: From Discovery to Asset Reconciliation — A detailed UK data centre exit checklist covering discovery, dependencies, migration, secure decommissioning, logistics and final asset reconciliation.
How to Decommission Cisco and Juniper Infrastructure Safely — An engineer-led guide to safely decommissioning Cisco and Juniper switches, routers and firewalls, covering dependencies, rollback, sanitisation and evidence.
Network Decommissioning Checklist for UK Businesses — An engineer-led checklist covering discovery, dependencies, rollback, data sanitisation, asset tracking and disposal evidence.
Why an Auditable Chain of Custody Matters in IT Disposal — What to record as equipment moves from collection through processing and final disposition.
The Complete Guide to IT Asset Disposal for Businesses — A practical framework for planning business IT asset disposal, from inventory and data handling to reuse and reporting.
Is IT Asset Disposal Expensive? What SMBs Actually Pay For — A straight answer on IT asset disposal costs for UK SMBs, what may be free, and what tends to add cost to a project.
IT Asset Disposal for Law Firms: Protecting Client Confidentiality — What small and mid sized law firms need to know before disposing of old laptops, servers and devices holding client files.
IT Asset Disposal for Schools: A Straightforward Guide — What schools need to know before disposing of old laptops, tablets and computers, from pupil data to safe, responsible recycling.
Secure Data Erasure vs Physical Destruction: Which Should UK Businesses Choose? — When should UK organisations securely sanitise storage for reuse, and when is physical destruction appropriate? A practical NIST- and NCSC-aligned guide.
How to Securely Decommission Servers and Storage Systems: A UK Business Guide — An engineer-led guide to safely retiring physical servers, VMware hosts, SAN/NAS and storage systems, from dependency discovery to sanitisation and asset reconciliation.
How to Decommission a Data Centre Rack Safely: Power, Network, Servers and Asset Removal — Engineer-led UK guide to safely decommissioning data centre racks, covering power, networks, servers, storage, cabling, asset removal and secure ITAD.
How to Decommission Firewalls Securely: Cisco, Juniper and Enterprise Firewall Retirement — Engineer-led UK guide to securely decommissioning Cisco, Juniper and enterprise firewalls, covering HA, VPNs, certificates, credentials and sanitisation.
How to Decommission Network Switches and Routers Without Causing an Outage — Engineer-led UK guide to safely decommissioning switches and routers, covering VLANs, LACP, STP, routing, HA, fibre, credentials and sanitisation.
IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) for Data Centres: A Complete UK Guide — Engineer-led UK guide to data centre ITAD, covering discovery, secure decommissioning, sanitisation, chain of custody, asset recovery and recycling.
IT Asset Disposal for Financial Services: Protecting Sensitive Data and Maintaining an Audit Trail — UK guide to financial-services ITAD, covering secure sanitisation, data destruction, chain of custody, asset tracking, audit evidence and third-party risk.
IT Asset Disposal for Healthcare: Protecting Patient Data and Maintaining Secure Chain of Custody — UK healthcare ITAD guide covering patient-data protection, secure sanitisation, medical-device storage, chain of custody, asset tracking and audit evidence.
IT Asset Disposal for Government & Public Sector: Secure Data Destruction and Asset Accountability — UK public-sector ITAD guide covering OFFICIAL data, secure sanitisation, chain of custody, asset accountability, destruction evidence and supplier controls.
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2: Clear, Purge or Destroy? — Engineer-led guide to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, explaining Clear, Purge and Destroy, cryptographic erase, validation and ITAD evidence for UK businesses.
What Evidence Should an ITAD Provider Supply? — UK guide to ITAD evidence businesses should expect: asset records, chain of custody, sanitisation results, destruction certificates and exception reporting.
How to Maintain Chain of Custody During an Office Closure — UK office-closure ITAD guide covering asset discovery, secure staging, handover, transport, chain of custody, sanitisation evidence and reconciliation.
IT Asset Disposal During Insolvency and Restructuring — UK guide to IT asset disposal during insolvency and restructuring, covering data security, asset ownership, chain of custody, valuation, resale and recycling.
When Can Resale Value Offset ITAD Project Costs? — UK guide to when residual IT asset value can offset ITAD project costs, including valuation, sanitisation, testing, logistics, resale and revenue recovery.
IT Disposal Checklist for Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts — UK IT disposal checklist for schools and multi-academy trusts covering asset registers, pupil data, secure sanitisation, chain of custody and disposal evidence.