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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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....Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

An expired credit card isn’t just a useless piece of plastic. It might be rejected when you try to pay for lunch, but it still contains sensitive data—which means that your business’s expired card could have value for data thieves. Card destruction is a necessary security measure to prevent a...Continue Reading