Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Why Secure Document and Data Destruction Matters More Than Ever
October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a national initiative focused on keeping businesses and individuals safe from data breaches and identity
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October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a national initiative focused on keeping businesses and individuals safe from data breaches and identity
When businesses look for ways to dispose of old computers, servers, or hard drives, the word “free” can sound appealing.
Most organizations have some type of destruction process in place for confidential information. Whether you utilize an outside service or
DataShield provides physical destruction and shredding of hard drives, data tapes, cell phones, and other electronic media. Depending on your needs, DataShield offers high-speed
Whether you have several old data tapes in a box or are refreshing an entire data center, DataShield is your source for
It’s a new year which means it’s time purge those documents and get shredding. In a year, a business will
It’s no secret that giving and receiving gifts is one of the highlights of the holiday season. However, we all
A blog we previously wrote detailed the dangers that go along with employees bringing their work home. As it turns out,
Paper shredding services are essential if you run or own a company. All documents produced by a company from emails, financial statements, memos, and even notes contain classified information that must be withheld from competitors, the public, and even from your own personnel. When the time comes to discard this confidential information, hopefully, your first choice is a professional document
Last year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade made headlines for using confidential police documents as confetti. The shredded documents were found on the street and contained identifiable information about Nassau County police officers. Initially, the concern was that a 3rd party paper shredding company had sold the paper shred to be used as confetti. It was later discovered that an employee
If you are like the majority of people today, you have a Facebook page, a Twitter account, or a LinkedIn profile. Social media is a booming industry and a place for people to be open, transparent, and truly connected to the world. But, how safe is it? Can social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn continue to request access various
A recent data breach of protected health information has resulted in a $1.2 million dollar fine. Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued the fine to Affinity Health Plan, Inc in the wake of the breach. Affinity Health Plan is a not-for-profit managed care plan serving the New York metropolitan area. Affinity was notified of the breach
From laws requiring the protection of personal information to company secrets, it has become increasingly important to properly destroy information before discarding it. Yet, there are many myths surrounding document destruction, some of which have significant repercussions. Listed below are 10 common myths that may lead some astray when it comes to document destruction and paper shredding. “Not all businesses
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