Healthcare & Medical Secure Destruction Services
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, patient privacy and data security are paramount. Healthcare providers, clinics, hospitals, and medical billing offices
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In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, patient privacy and data security are paramount. Healthcare providers, clinics, hospitals, and medical billing offices
As your organization prepares for 2026, one of the most important tasks you can complete before year-end is a secure
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
From Fox 4 KC: RAYTOWN, Mo. — Some former applicants and tenants are frustrated after finding their social security numbers, bank statements and other personal information in a dumpster at the Eldorado Apartments on E. 67th Street in Raytown, Mo. Confidential Documents Discovered Tuesday morning Tiffany Jones said she was tossing out her trash when she found important papers that
The Path of Least Resistance The “path of least resistance,” is a simple concept; things will choose the easiest path possible. Electricity for example—will always choose the path of least resistance hence, lightning, short circuits, complete circuits. Exciting stuff, yeah? Well, the concept of the “path of least resistance” is applicable to document destruction and compliance as well. We all
A recent report released by the Ponemon Institute shows that the U.S. is the costliest country to have a data breach in. The report, “The 2013 Cost of a Data Breach: Global Analysis,” found that the total cost per data breach in the U.S. came in at a whopping $5.4 million. The study also cited that negligent employees or contractors
When it comes to securing and shredding sensitive company documents, a strong written policy is absolutely essential. And while starting from the top and reinforcing the importance of securing documents that need shredding is important, your business can’t just stop there. Making sure to ingrain the value and importance of shredding into company culture is just as important, and absolutely critical
It’s no secret that we at DataShield are large proponents of data security. Not only are data breaches incredibly expensive, but laws regarding data security need to be followed if businesses want to avoid large fines. And while we are obviously advocates of hard drive shredding when getting rid of your computer, that only guarantees the safety of your data once
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