Office Shredding
What You Need to Know About HIPAA-Compliant Shredding
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a list of standards for organizations and businesses to protect patient files and other medical records, was created in 1996 in the interest of preserving patient privacy. These standards require that sensitive information is “rendered essentially unreadable, indecipherable, and otherwise cannot be reconstructed” after they are no…
Read MoreDocument Destruction Best Practices: A Comprehensive Guide to Paper Shredding
For modern businesses today, one of the most important security measures a company can take is ensuring secure document destruction. Every organization holds confidential information on clients and operations alike. And without a proper document shredding policy, you face the risk of compromised company files, employee records and customer information. To make sure your confidential…
Read MoreProfessional Document Shredding: Why It Matters for Your Business
Most business owners understand the need to dispose of important paper documents properly, which can contain quite a bit of information that would be harmful in the wrong hands. Obviously, this is where professional document shredding comes into play. However, some business owners fall short of understanding the need to let professionals handle their document…
Read More4 Document Shredding Mistakes to Avoid
It might surprise you to find that most companies today don’t have a document security policy – despite the growing number of mishandled paper documents – leaving them open to several common document shredding mistakes. Without a proper shredding policy, your company could lose millions in non-compliance fees, lost business and legal costs. When it…
Read MoreIn-House Document Shredding: Calculating the Hidden Costs
Many businesses still practice DIY document destruction to cut costs. What they might not realize is that in-house document shredding is not only less secure, but it’s also not very cost effective either. The problem is, document security continues to remain more important in the workplace with the average office worker using up to 45…
Read MoreSecure Paper Shredding Services: The Risks of DIY Document Destruction
Secure paper shredding services are crucial to keeping your company’s confidential information safe, but many business owners believe shredding in-house is an opportunity to reduce costs and dispose of materials more conveniently.
Read MorePress Release: Mobile Shredding Association Against Move to Diminish the Importance of On-site Shredding
In an announcement made during an Earnings Report Conference Call on April 28, 2016 Stericycle, the largest on-site shredding company in the world built on the slogan “on-site done right”, announced a deliberate move to convert all Shred-It clients from on-site to off-site shredding. In short, the report reflects their intent to convert the Shred-It…
Read MoreShred or Keep It? Everything You Need to Know About Document Retention
While there are several different aspects to keeping your information safe, a sound document retention policy is one of the most important. No matter the business you’re in, knowing which confidential documents to keep and which ones to permanently destroy should be your top priority.
Read More[Self-Assessment] Is Your Company at Document Security Risk?
When it comes to information security best practices, you may be unaware of where exactly to begin. Taking time to assess your current ability to eliminate the risks around document safe keeping will help you calculate your next steps for your company’s security plan.
Read MoreReducing Risks: How Employee Training Helps Improve Security
Legal or financial, medical or retail — no matter the industry you’re in, one of the biggest risks to your company security actually lies in the hands of your employees.
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