Data-Sanitizing Telephones to be Recycled

Dpartments are asked to use their discretion to data-sanitize phones that carry a significant risk of disclosing sensitive institutional or personal data. 

Sanitizing Cisco VoIP phones

  • Most Voice over IP (VoIP) phones at U-M are Cisco-brand, and most Cisco phones are VoIP; all should be data-sanitized.
  • Data-sanitize a Cisco VoIP phone by performing a factory reset. This requires plugging the phone into a powered Ethernet jack and then following a series of key strokes as described in the following link:
    List of Cisco IP phone models and instructions for factory-resetting them.

Sanitizing other devices

  • For other types of devices capable of storing data, refer to manufacturer's documentation for instructions for factory resetting the device.
  • Instructions for handling common non-VoIP phones will be posted here soon.
  • Email [email protected] with questions that can't be resolved by the document linked above or web resources.

 

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Last Updated: 
Tuesday, June 7, 2022