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Off-Spec Shredding: When “Return to Sender” Isn’t an Option

Global shipping woes continue to tangle the supply chain, and you’re probably experiencing the effects (higher prices, long delays) in both your personal life and in your business. But certain international shipping challenges existed before the pandemic began, including managing shipments of defective products. What’s your business to do when...
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Questions to Ask When Hiring an Industrial Shredder Service

Every responsible business owner knows by now that data security is an urgent and ongoing concern. No matter your industry or the size of your business, you’re vulnerable to data theft or an accidental data exposure at any time. Creating a strict data security policy helps you and your team...
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Comparing Commercial Paper Shredder Function & Security

You don’t have to have decades of experience in the paper shredding industry to understand the core differences among cross-cut, strip-cut and pierce and tear commercial paper shredders. One cuts paper both vertically and horizontally to create confetti-like shreds, another pokes holes and rips up the material, while the other...
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Card Destruction/Data Security: Who’s Responsible for What?

Did you know that Elon Musk has such a sensitive sense of smell that Tesla job candidates are allegedly told not to wear fragrances to their interviews? Presumably, if you do get the gig and are going to be working in Elon’s proximity, you put your favorite cologne or perfume...
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To Protect Confidential Information, NAID Certified Matters

Savvy business leaders know to be skeptical when a service provider’s price seems too good to be true. Hiring the shredding service with the lowest rate might save you a few dollars today. It also might mean that you’re handing over boxes of your business’s confidential information to someone who...
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How Sensitive Document Shredding Should Be Handled by Municipalities

All organizations should be diligent about data security and document shredding. Failing to protect its own sensitive data and its customers’ sensitive data could have severe financial repercussions for a private business, and could even force its closure. But municipalities must be diligent about all elements of data security, from...
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How to Make the Most of Your Shredding Service Contract

Running a successful business is all about maximizing your resources. Every dollar you spend on one service is a dollar that you can’t spend somewhere else, so it’s essential that you wring every bit of value out of every service you pay for. Your shredding service contract is no exception....
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How to Dispose of (and Not Dispose of) Old Computers Securely

Can your business function without computers? If it can, you’re running a unique operation. Computers are entirely essential for most organizations. Your business might own more computers than it has employees. Most of those machines will probably reach the end of their lifespans within the next few years. And every...
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Proper Data Destruction for Media Other Than Hard Drives

Proper Data Destruction for Media Other Than Hard Drives The data destruction industry has done a great job at getting out an important message: Hard drives are treasure troves for data thieves, and donating or throwing away an obsolete computer could expose all sorts of sensitive information stored on its...
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Do I Really Need to Use a Document Shredding Service?

You’re keeping a lot of plates spinning as a business owner or busy professional. There’s never enough time to get everything done. So wouldn’t it make your life just a little bit easier if you could skip using a document shredding service, and just recycle or even throw away all...
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