As technology advances, the world shrinks. The Internet makes it incredibly easy for American companies to connect with European companies and customers. That can be great for business, but complying with regulations on both sides of the pond can get complicated – and a new piece of legislation out of...Continue Reading

When your company’s policies around PTO and travel reimbursements are solid, they can remain unchanged for years. Data security policies, on the other hand, require frequent updating. As technology advances, so do the strategies and scams used by data thieves. Creating and enforcing clear, comprehensive policies about security protects your...Continue Reading

Your dentist can’t perform a root canal remotely, and your handyman probably doesn’t offer telecommuting service. But, if you work in an industry that doesn’t require everyone to be on site all day, your organization probably has employees who work remote, at least occasionally. And if it doesn’t, it probably...Continue Reading

At Northeast Data Destruction, we receive a variety of requests from companies looking to properly dispose of and destroy their data and products. When carrying out the destruction of products, companies oftentimes are not aware that there are rules and regulations set in place for this process with particular off-spec products....Continue Reading

The start of a new calendar year presents a prime opportunity to refresh your employees about company policies. And while it’s useful to give them updates about the dress code and how to log PTO, training employees to safeguard company data is a critical task. With the global average cost...Continue Reading

If you don’t work in IT, take computers apart for fun, or even care about what happens inside your laptop, you may not realize that not all hard drives are created equal. Yes, they all store data — but they don’t all do it in the same way. Many computers...Continue Reading

Could your business survive an attack by a data thief? Financial documents, employees’ Social Security numbers and bank account information, medical records, sensitive client files, proprietary designs — the results can be catastrophic if cybercriminals get their hands on your company’s data. When your company is done using anything that...Continue Reading

Data: every business has it, no matter how small or low-tech. Medical offices keep patient files, retailers hold onto records that include customers’ financial information — even dog walkers have sensitive files. Employers of all kinds keep records of employee tax forms and Social Security numbers, the kind of data...Continue Reading

Client data. Employee tax forms. Medical records. HR disciplinary files. Canceled checks. Every company — no matter how small, and no matter the industry — keeps sensitive records. Unless your company still uses typewriters and mimeograph machines, those records are probably stored on hard drives in your electronics. When it’s...Continue Reading

Every office has (electronic) skeletons in its closets: dusty boxes full of answering machines and fax machines, massive desktop computers that were shuffled into the storage room to make space for new laptops and promptly forgotten. Maybe your office has multiple closets stuffed with ghosts of technology past, like broken...Continue Reading