Data and IT security management

Repurpose, reuse, recycle, and remarket IT assets to support landfill diversion goals

Lower risk exposure and enhance data security management across your IT assets, personal devices, sensitive files and records while maximising the use of data centres.

In today’s environment, safeguarding an organisation’s reputation is crucial. This involves addressing bothinternal and external risk such as data loss, misuse of records, cyber attacks, and mismanagement of IT assets and devices. At Iron Mountain, we provide sustainable solutions designed to mitigate these risks. Our IT security services ensure service continuity, secure destruction of all media and IT assets, and expert advice on compliant lifecycle management for data, records and physical assets.

Read on for more information on how you can securely and compliantly manage and protect your records and data, including IT assets and personal devices throughout their lifecycle, with effective IT risk management and data security measures.

650K
Assets processed per year by Iron Mountain

Key components of effective IT risk management

IT risk management involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks and processes to ensure assets are secure and operations can continue in times of business disruptions. Key components include:

Risk Assessment: Identifying potential threats to IT systems and assessing the possible impact of these risks and the likelihood of occurrence
Risk Mitigation: Implementing security measures to mitigate identified risks and create guidelines for data security, protection, incident response and disaster recovery.
Continuous Monitoring: Continuous monitoring systems for vulnerabilities and suspicious activities with tools and processes and conducting regular audits to review the effectiveness of risk management practices.
Incident response: Developing and maintaining incident response plans to address and manage security breaches or IT disruptions.
Compliance Management: Ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards.
Risk communication: Effectively communicate risks and mitigation strategies to stakeholders, including any changes.
Risk review and improvement: Regularly review and update risk management practices to address emerging threats, incorporating insights from past incidents.

Data and IT security services we offer

Manage and protect IT assets, devices, and information security

Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a strategic approach to IT asset and data security management that protects your data, ensures optimised use, maximises your return on investment, and minimises your environmental impact. Partner with Iron Mountain to develop a program that oversees your assets from deployment and active usage to retirement and disposition, supported by our industry-leading data security and sustainability measures.

Stacks of server racks on conveyor belts show how Iron Mountain manages IT security services, ensuring asset security through effective data security management and measures.