ADISA ITAD Essentials Standard
Assessing core business protocols and risk management to assure customers of best practices.
- Demonstrates that your ITAD processes effectively manage key risks, providing confidence to clients and stakeholders.
- Offers third-party validation of your risk management practices, enhancing your credibility and trustworthiness.
- Suitable for organisations that do not need to comply with GDPR but still want to ensure robust risk management.
- The certification process includes a thorough audit and data sanitisation test (Ellison Test), ensuring comprehensive evaluation of your controls.
What is ADISA ITAD Essentials Certification?
ADISA ITAD Essentials is a certification evaluating how well an IT Asset Disposition/Disposal (ITAD) company manages key risks in the core ITAD process. Unlike the ADISA ICT Asset Recovery Standard 8, which aligns with GDPR compliance, the ITAD Essentials Standard does not confirm GDPR compliance but focuses on risk management.
What is ADISA ITAD Essentials Certification?
The ITAD service includes five key part of the process which ADISA calls the five ITAD
principles which are: Logistics / Collection, Data Sanitisation, Asset Management / Chain of Custody, Physical Security, and Process Control.
ITAD Essentials Standard lists the risks associated with each of these key principles which must
be managed by the applicant. Only by managing ALL risks to an acceptable level can an applicant become certified.
Who is ADISA ITAD Essentials Certification applicable for?
The ADISA ITAD Essentials Certification is applicable for any IT Asset Disposition/Disposal company looking for operational assurance in managing key risks in their core processes. Companies outside the UK and EU where GDPR compliance isn’t required but still seek independent validation of their ITAD services. Companies within the UK and EU that find the ADISA ICT Asset Recovery Standard 8 too restrictive but still want to demonstrate effective risk management in their ITAD processes.