Streamlining complex ITAD projects with ONE trusted partner
At Guardian, our team is dedicated to enabling channel partners, MSPs, VARs and ITAD specialists to deliver seamless onsite services and logistics, so you can focus on growth, and we focus on execution. Built on trust. Delivered with The Guardian Wow.
Guardian History
Guardian began with a partner-driven challenge: erase 300 drives across five US sites, then pack and ship the equipment to the leasing company. We answered by creating a mobile IT lab capable of Department of Defense-compliant erasure. That first project set in motion what would become a national-scale service platform built on one coordination point, white-glove logistics and nationwide onsite data destruction.
Guardian created its first dedicated mobile data-destruction unit in 2006 — a truck-mounted system designed for erasure, shredding, and onsite asset removal. From that launch in New York, our services expanded throughout the Northeast and beyond. In 2012, we earned NAID AAA certification and began deploying a national fleet of onsite data-destruction units across the United States and Canada.
- We coordinate all onboard logistics and onsite services from a single point of contact, so your team doesn’t manage multiple vendors.
- Our nationwide fleet ensures you’re covered coast to coast with mobile shredding, remote erasure, and data center decommissioning.
- We support channel partners (VARs, MSPs, ITADs) so you keep the customer relationship while we handle execution.
- Every project is documented end-to-end with compliance, certificates, and chain-of-custody, so you deliver certainty to your clients.
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2006
2006
The catalyst: Guardian wipes 300 computers at 5 call centers
Guardian Data Destruction founded
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2007
2007
Guardian offices open (New York, NY)
First mobile data destruction project
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2008
2008
First fully operational mobile shred truck
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2010
2010
First Earth Day shred event
Guardian offices move to Long Island City, NY
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2012
2012
NAID AAA Certification
Data Center service hubs established across North America
First of 6 data center takedowns (leading pharmaceutical company)
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2015
2015
Move to Hackensack, NJ for increased warehouse (18,500 sq ft) and office space
First Verizon Super Bowl shred event
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2016
2016
Glenn Laga elected NAID Board of Directors
Introduce 2mm shred machine for SSD and circuit boards
Reach first 1,000,000 hard drives shred
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2018
2018
NJ legislation signed permitting mobile onsite by EPA (final state)
Reached first 5,000,000 hard drives shred
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2019
2019
Develop international network of data destruction providers
Reach 2,000,000 hard drives shred annually
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2020
2020
Introduce online erasure service for remote workforce asset returns
Move to new headquarters for increased warehouse (45,000 sq ft) and office space
3,000,000 hard drives shred
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2021
2021
Warehouse expanded to 55,000 sq ft
17 million total IT assets processed for data destruction
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2022
2022
19.5+ million total IT assets processed for data destruction
Employee increase of 358%
250% growth in erasure services
National fleet of onsite data destruction trucks reaches 25
Special services group introduced
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2024
2024
Strategic growth investment by Housatonic Partners and the appointment of Rob Alston as the new Chief Executive Officer.
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2025
2025
Guardian has been awarded ITAD Service Provider of the Year at the 2025 ITAD Summit, held at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.
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