September is right around the corner, whether you can believe that or not, and that means a new school year will be starting soon, in whatever form that takes. Due to the abrupt onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools and other educational institutions were forced to shut down suddenly. This can easily lead to…
If you take a gander at the various blogs and articles out there about shredding you’ll know that a lot is said about shredding paper and destroying hard drives. It’s all in the cause of promoting information safety of course, and it is good advice to follow. Sometimes though the focus on paper and hard…
There you sit, surrounded by endless towers of papers, cluttered desks, and boxes overflowing with papers. You know that you should handle these; In fact, you’re required to by law, but shredding is hard, isn’t it? You have to organize your materials, filter out unwanted materials like staples and paper clips, then haul it all…
One of the most important aspects in handling private information is keeping it well managed. The whole concept of a good management system is the ability to create, share, store, and organize your information efficiently and securely. In order to do this, you need to do 3 things to really build out your system: create…
Cyber attacks are a constant threat in this age of the internet, and despite the presence of a global pandemic, they are still on going in 2020. Thus far there have been a number of significant hacking attacks throughout the world. We’ll take a look at a number of the attacks that have happened so…
Sooner or later your work office will open its doors once again, and work will resume in the regular ways. With many working from home for quite some time at this point, there has been plenty of time for workers to create sensitive business documents from their homes. While it is possible to get secure…
We live in a different world now then we did just a little more than a month ago. Many people are isolated at home to avoid the cycle of contracting and spreading the virus. Those fortunate enough to have the option are now working remotely from the comfort of their own homes. With this shift…
If you’ve had the fortune to have your work switch to a remote footing, you may have been producing business records at your home for a number of weeks now. While it is always important to be on top of shredding compliance, there are times when you need to retain documents instead of just shredding…