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). NAID-grade Protocol (operational discipline). Plus PIPEDA, OSFI B-13, plus Canada-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
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 Canada footprint (and where applicable, cross-border into UAE, India, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong) is operationally simpler than coordinating multiple regional vendor panels. Maxicom's 30-year continuous operation since 1996 provides reference depth that newer ITAD entrants cannot match. Per-asset certificate format is regulator-acceptable on first review at every Canada 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 Canada 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 CAD 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 Canada engagements
Universal: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, IEEE 2883-2022, DoD 5220.22-M (where contractually specified), NAID-grade Protocol. Region-specific: NIST 800-88 · PIPEDA · OSFI B-13 · NAID-grade · IEEE 2883-2022. BFSI engagements add OSFI B-13; personal-data processing under PIPEDA. Per-asset Certificate of Destruction is admissible against all simultaneously — one document covers every framework an auditor in Canada 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 CAD, 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.
Related practices, regulators & markets
IT Buyback (All Asset Classes)
IT buyback
→Healthcare
Healthcare
→Certificates of Destruction
Certificates
→IT disposal in Montreal
Montreal
→Reverse Logistics
Reverse logistics
→Trade-In & Exchange Program
Trade-in & exchange
→Memory & RAM Buyback
Memory / RAM
→Server Memory & RAM Buyback
Memory buyback
→Data Center Buyback & Decommissioning
DC buyback
→Send the asset list. We will send the number.
A photograph of the rack works. A spreadsheet works better. CAD settlement, against PO.
Frequently asked questions
Which Canadian regulations does Maxicom align to?
PIPEDA federally, OSFI B-13 for financial institutions, Quebec Law 25, provincial privacy laws (Alberta and BC PIPA, Ontario PHIPA), CCCS ITSG-33 controls and provincial e-waste stewardship (EPRA).
Are your certificates accepted by regulators?
Certificates are formatted to support audits under the regulatory frameworks in your jurisdiction. They document method, serial-level detail and chain of custody so your auditor has what they need — acceptance rests with your regulator.
What data-sanitisation standards do you follow?
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 Purge as the default framework, IEEE 2883-2022 for SSD/NVMe, and physical destruction (shred) where classification or media type requires it.