What all small businesses need to know about proper document destruction…but don’t. By Josh Hartwell, CSDS We are in an information age. We find ways to gather as much information as we can and then find ways to push it right back out again. We deal with so much information that we are seeing an [...]
There are five common methods that identity thieves use to steal personal information. Understanding them is the first stop in preventing your identity from being stolen. Dumpster Diving: Thieves literally go through trash cans and dumpsters looking for anything with personal information on it. These include bills, memos, statements, credit card offers, etc. Skimming: Thieves [...]
In the recent issue of Security Shredding & Storage News it was reported that “31.1% said they do not train staff on their company’s information-security procedures and protocols and 35.5% have no protocol in place for storing and disposing confidential data.” Let’s do the math there… Two-thirds of the respondents to the survey have employees [...]
We deal with a lot of small businesses, corporations, and government entities. One common factor that we notice is that there is little training on file storage and information management best practices. We have compiled a list of questions that can be used to help you begin to get a handle on your files. We [...]
Every business NEEDS to have an information destruction policy. It spells out what is to be destroyed, when it is to be destroyed and how it should be destroyed. This creates a standardization of destruction for a company, giving the act of shredding documents ethical reform to a now vital business practice. Before a destruction [...]
