Hey, nobody’s perfect—not that it’s much comfort when your business is stuck with off-spec items. Maybe something went wrong in the manufacturing process for a new proprietary product and the prototype doesn’t meet your standards, or you’ve received shipments of a product that has since been recalled or was damaged in transit. Whatever the reason,...Continue Reading

Hard drives and microwaves simply shouldn’t mix—though that hasn’t stopped some daredevils from attempting to cook their drives.  Microwaving is just one of the DIY ways people have tried dealing with their obsolete hard drives. It’s not a good way to erase data, obviously; destroying a hard drive never needs to end with a call...Continue Reading

Shredding is the only truly effective way to dispose of just about anything that contains sensitive data. And everyone around you probably knows that—but life is busy, and proper data destruction methods aren’t top of mind for most people. So files that need to be shredded stack up in cardboard boxes, and old devices are...Continue Reading

If your customers and employees don’t trust you to keep their financial information secure, your business will suffer, possibly even fail. Recent reports indicate that, “Up to 60% of small businesses fold within six months of a cyber-attack.” You never want to be responsible for identity thieves stealing a customer’s credit card information or gaining...Continue Reading

Data destruction has high stakes. Disposing of one piece of paper in the wrong way could trigger a devastating data breach. Putting obsolete hard drives in the trash could expose all your company’s confidential information to the wrong person. Because data destruction isn’t something you can afford to take risks with, we advise that you...Continue Reading

Since the pandemic began, we’ve all had to question whether actions that we used to take for granted are still safe. Can you get together with friends for dinner? Should you visit the store in person, or is it better to shop online? Is it safe to go into the office for meetings? For business...Continue Reading

If you’re like most business owners, you’ve probably devoted a lot of energy to safeguarding your business’s digital data. Maybe even more so during the pandemic if you’re managing a remote workforce. Perhaps you were even the victim of the now infamous “Zoom bomb.” So, it’s likely you have a data security policy and digital...Continue Reading

You know better than to toss sensitive documents in the trash. So I’m guessing you have some sort of setup for recycling paper in your business, and probably in your home too. Anything that’s printed with private information either gets shredded right away, or put in a container for shredding later. Keeping the information on...Continue Reading

Football, Halloween and changing leaves are things we traditionally associate with October, but it’s time to add cybersecurity to that list. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Now in its 17th year, CSAM’s central goal is to promote the practices that keep Americans safe in cyberspace. This initiative is overseen by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...Continue Reading

You probably have sick day policies and vacation policies. Work-from-home policies. Policies that address poor performance, social media use and harassment in the workplace. They’re hardly glamorous, but each of these policies is essential because each one serves a unique purpose in protecting your business. A company that doesn’t have a data destruction policy has...Continue Reading