Shredding
at the source—The essential security
measure. The F.B.I. estimates that U.S. businesses lose
tens of billions of dollars every year due to theft of company data. All
the electronic security measures in the
world are useless if you’re throwing out confidential hard
copies and disks by the truckload. Putting your trust in an
outside shredding service to dispose of confidential data for
you is not the answer. By outsourcing your company’s document
disposal, you effectively relinquish control of the program. The
surest way to protect your company from data or identity theft is to
shred sensitive documents at the source–in the tempered steel cutting
heads of a Destroyit® shredder.
Proper destruction of information is a necessary business activity.
Today, all companies share the same risks. Identity theft is America’s
fastest growing crime, affecting an estimated 700,000 people a year in
the U.S. alone. Theft of company records is the leading source of
identity theft and, by law, the company is responsible for any
information about its employees or clients that leaks out. Increasing
numbers of federally mandated privacy acts, such as FACTA, HIPAA and
Gramm-Leach-Bliley have been enacted to ensure that sensitive consumer
information is adequately protected. In addition, a company could
forfeit its legal rights to defend company secrets and proprietary
knowledge if it fails to protect that information through improper
disposal. Simply put, failure to shred sensitive documents before they
leave your control puts your entire business in jeopardy
