Standards
The standards stack auditors expect — universal frameworks plus your jurisdiction's privacy law and sector regulator. NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 (the framework auditors default to). IEEE 2883-2022 (the SSD/NVMe firmware Sanitize standard). DoD 5220.22-M (legacy multi-pass overwrite where contractually specified). documented chain-of-custody (operational discipline). Plus UAE PDPL, , plus United Arab Emirates-specific sector regulators. Every Maxicom certificate is admissible against the full stack simultaneously — one document covers every framework an auditor is likely to ask about.
NIST 800-88
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-88 Revision 1 (December 2014, still in effect as of 2026) is…
IEEE 2883
IEEE Standard 2883-2022, published in 2022, is the current authoritative standard for sanitising solid-state storage — SSDs, NVMe drives, an…
NAID — the National Association for Information Destruction (now part of i-SIGMA) — defines an operational-discipline framework for data des…
Certificates
A Certificate of Destruction is the document a regulator, an auditor, an insurance assessor, or an incident-response team reads when they ne…
Why customers consolidate to a single Maxicom engagement
Concentration risk reduction is the most-cited reason. A single SOW covering the full United Arab Emirates footprint (and where applicable, cross-border into the UAE) is operationally simpler than coordinating multiple regional vendor panels. Maxicom's continuous UAE operation provides reference depth that newer ITAD entrants cannot match. Per-asset certificate format is regulator-acceptable on first review at every United Arab Emirates regulator we have served. Cross-border resale routing under NDA preserves channel-respect for OEM-partner engagements. Programme engagements run on multi-year master service agreements with quarterly business reviews; single-event engagements close in duration documented in the SOW from signed engagement to settled PO.
How the engagement model composes across this catalog
Most United Arab Emirates engagements combine multiple items from this catalog. A typical Tier-1 BFSI refresh: server buyback + laptop fleet buyback + data destruction + decommissioning + reverse logistics, all under one programme SOW. A typical hyperscale tenant exit: data-centre decommissioning + GPU buyback (via the AI Hardware Desk) + structured cabling reclaim + multi-vendor ITAD governance. A typical M&A IT divestiture: full-estate buyback + asset valuation + per-asset Certificate of Destruction with witness destruction for top-classified material. Every engagement settles in AED against your purchase order, with line-item invoicing your finance team understands. Quote validity follows the asset class — 14 days for steady-state enterprise hardware, 5 business days for AI accelerators where the secondary market re-prices weekly.
Regulator alignment for United Arab Emirates engagements
Universal: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, IEEE 2883-2022, DoD 5220.22-M (where contractually specified), documented chain-of-custody. Region-specific: NIST 800-88 · UAE PDPL · IEEE 2883-2022. BFSI engagements add ; personal-data processing under UAE PDPL. Per-asset Certificate of Destruction is admissible against all simultaneously — one document covers every framework an auditor in United Arab Emirates is likely to ask about. Sample certificates available on NDA before engagement signing; the eleven required fields (serial, make/model, data classification, sanitisation method, particle size or field strength, tool + verification, UTC timestamp, operator + ID, witness if present, chain-of-custody reference, destruction reason where Reuse-First overridden) pass every audit-defensibility test.
Reuse-First disposition KPI we report back
Programme engagements receive quarterly business reviews covering: total tonnage processed, Reuse-First reuse rate (% refurbished + redeployed vs % destroyed by media class), residual value recovered in AED, embodied-carbon-recovered estimate (CO₂e avoided by keeping working assets in service rather than replacing them), diversion-from-landfill percentage, material-recovery breakdown, exception reporting. Single-event engagements receive the same data as a per-engagement summary attached to the consolidated certificate. The reuse rate metric is the most informative KPI: our blended 2024-2025 cohort runs at 67%; programme engagements typically improve year-over-year as the engagement learns the asset mix. Reporting format mapped to your sustainability framework — CSRD ESRS E5, ISSB IFRS S1/S2, BRSR Principle 6, GRI 301/305/306, SASB IT services standards.
Frequently asked questions
What standards do your destruction certificates satisfy?
Every Maxicom Certificate of Destruction is admissible against the full stack simultaneously: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, IEEE 2883-2022, DoD 5220.22-M where contractually specified, and a documented chain-of-custody, plus UAE PDPL and the relevant UAE sector regulator. One document covers every framework an auditor is likely to ask about.
What is the difference between NIST 800-88 and IEEE 2883?
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 is the general sanitisation framework auditors default to, covering Clear, Purge and Destroy across media types. IEEE 2883-2022 is the current authoritative standard specifically for sanitising solid-state storage — SSDs and NVMe drives — via firmware Sanitize. We apply each to the media class it governs, then document both on the certificate.
Do you hold NAID AAA, R2 or ISO certifications?
No. We operate to a documented chain-of-custody for operational discipline but do not claim NAID AAA membership. R2 and e-Stewards work is orchestrated through partners. We are transparent about what we have not been independently audited against; our compliance desk publishes only what we actually do. Sanitisation itself is aligned to NIST SP 800-88 and IEEE 2883-2022.
Which UAE regulations apply to my disposal?
UAE PDPL governs personal-data handling at disposal, layered on top of the universal NIST SP 800-88 and IEEE 2883-2022 frameworks. Sector-specific UAE regulators apply depending on your industry. The applicable regulator stack is confirmed at scoping, and your per-asset certificate is built to satisfy every framework in that stack on first review.
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→Send the asset list. We will send the number.
A photograph of the rack works. A spreadsheet works better. AED settlement, against PO.