Out with the Old Data, In with the New: Your Year-End Secure Cleanout Checklist
As your organization prepares for 2026, one of the most important tasks you can complete before year-end is a secure
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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
It’s no secret that giving and receiving gifts is one of the highlights of the holiday season. However, we all
A recent study by Czech security software firm Safetica has found that a third of employees admitted to using social media on their company computer during work hours, with another 12 percent admitted to taking home company files or emailing them to a private email, Workplace Savings and Benefits notes. Obviously, not all of these problems can be completely eliminated—short
Whether we like it or not, the tech world is changing: ZDnet estimates that the amount of data in the cloud will reach 1.2 zettabytes — that’s 1.2 trillion gigabytes. If written on DVDs, that’s enough to reach from the earth to the moon and back, by the end of the year. This is good in some ways: storing data
We all know we should destroy confidential documents but knowing why may be less apparent. If you’re reading this blog you already know that paper shredding has value and can protect you, but let’s go through the reasons why. Why shredding sensitive documents is critical: It’s the law. If you own a business, you handle personal information. In this case shredding
At DataShield, we spend a lot of time talking about the dangers of identity theft — but even so, it’s often easy to forget that people have their identities stolen on a regular basis. Identity Theft Cases This Week As a reminder of the real-life dangers of identity theft, here are a few notable cases from around the country from
We’re no strangers to the importance of compliance and what it means to your small business. We’ve mentioned PHI and the important role it plays in the shredding personal health information. For those in the know, a discussion of PHI may seem inconsequential, but for those who are unaware, what exactly is PHI, and why does it matter? PHI: Three
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