Information Protection: As Vital at Home as it is at Work
There’s a lot of attention these days on work-life balance, and for good reason. Between the devices keeping us plugged into the office, trends in remote working, and the growing number of home-based businesses, the line separating our work lives from our home lives is blurry at best. It is little wonder, therefore, that we […]
Going “Paperless” Isn’t Worth the Risk
It’s tempting to be persuaded by organizations that encourage you to choose “paperless” options. They point to environmental responsibility. They point to convenience. Who needs paper when their computers can store, protect and manage your records and transactions for you. To make going paperless even more tempting, they might even throw in financial incentive. But […]
Why Destroying Unneeded Records and Electronics Should be a Structured Event
The accumulation of unnecessary records and electronics seems inevitable. Memos and reports long past their useful purpose are piled on shelves. Printed duplicates of electronic correspondence fill binders. File boxes dating back years hide in dusty corners. And that small room that once housed the on-site server is now full of old computers that no […]
New Borderless Data Protection Regulations
For the first time in the history of data protection regulations, organizations now need to comply with data protection regulations outside of their own state borders. Over the past several years, 13 U.S. states have introduced new, comprehensive data protection regulations. They are California, Virginia, Utah, Colorado, Delaware, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Rhode […]
Be the Bridge to Secure, Compliant Information Destruction
If you questioned business leaders, you would find that they all believe the secure disposal of sensitive information is critically important. If you then asked them to describe how their organization ensures the secure destruction of that same information, they wouldn’t have a clue. This is not their fault. They should not be expected to […]
Why Shred Vault Likes Well-Informed Customers. And Why They Like Us!
Protecting discarded sensitive media is Shred Vault’s sole focus and mission. It’s our superpower. And because it’s our superpower, our clients are free to focus on their superpowers without worrying. Unfortunately, however, organizations that don’t know what to look for in a secure destruction service become susceptible to vendors who are more than happy to […]
To Make Regulators Happy, Be Reasonable
What do HIPAA, HITECH, FACTA, GLBA, FERPA, ECPA, COPPA, VPPA, CCPA, CPRA, BIPA, CDPA, CPA, CPDPOM, MOCA, MDPL, and NYPA all have in common? They’re all acronyms for regulations requiring organizations to protect personal information. Some of them are national regulations aimed at specific types of personal information, such as personal medical or financial data. […]
The Insider Threat and Why Shred Vault Offers a Better Option
Because it had been severely harmed by casually discarded documents, a certain major automobile manufacturer became very vigilant about shredding everything in-house. And, due to its size, this was a major operation. Approximately two tons of documents were shredded every weekday in the basement of the 2 million square foot building. It took fifteen employees […]
You Shred Your Sensitive Trade Information, But Do Your Vendors?
Several years ago, a major manufacturer that was spending thousands of dollars per year to securely destroy competitive trade information discovered that many of its local tooling companies and equipment suppliers were putting that same information in the trash. It went on for years by the time the problem came to light. And when it […]
Hollywood Knows What’s in Your Trash. Do You?
Whether it’s Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars routinely searching trash cans and dumpsters for clues, Rooney Mara as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rummaging for information about her targets, or Jack Nicholson and his henchmen in The Departed using trashed documents to manipulate and undermine police efforts, Hollywood knows discarded documents are a vulnerability […]