SEAM achieves globally recognized certifications

Secure Enterprise Asset Management (SEAM) has been certified to the R2v3 and e-Stewards Version 4.1 standards. 

SEAM, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, also has gained recertification for international standards like occupational health and safety (ISO 45001) and its environmental management system (ISO 14001), along with certification for a quality management system (ISO 9001) and the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) AAA certification for data destruction. 

According to SEAM, it made the decision 10 years ago to pursue those standards.

The company helps financial institutions, schools, health care clinics and other organizations across South Dakota, North Dakota, southwest Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska with their retired devices, such as computers, hard drives, servers and cellphones. 

“It’s not every day a small business can boast being certified to six international standards,” SEAM Compliance Engineer Paul Baldwin says. “I’m incredibly proud of our team’s hard work to continue going above and beyond to earn these certifications.” 

Baldwin says the new certifications were the most in-depth to date involving the secure and responsible handling of data and devices. Internal procedures were scrutinized by independent auditors to confirm the company’s ability to meet high environmental, quality, health, safety and security standards. 

To achieve certification, companies must demonstrate a controlled facility to protect the sensitivity of data on all storage devices, confirm complete data sanitization or destruction and verify employee competency via extensive background checks, drug screenings and logged hours of training. Companies also must prove that all equipment is handled in compliance with the standards from start to finish, and they must observe a no-landfill policy. 

Additional oversight and unannounced audits continue after a company is certified. 

“These certifications provide peace of mind for our clients who are often in heavily regulated industries,” SEAM CEO and owner Jake Anderson says. “As we continue to expand both locally and across the region, this shows our commitment to honoring our partnerships by supporting their compliance needs while still focused on value recovery, efficiency and quality of service.” 

SEAM is a full-service data destruction company that also offers hard drive and document shredding, technology refurbishment and resale services.