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3 Reasons You Should Outsource Your Shredding and Destruction
Achieving a productive and profitable business means analyzing the processes in your organization. One area that’s often overlooked is the shredding and destruction of confidential documents and information. In-house shredding and destruction may seem like a low-cost, risk-free task—but in reality, the opposite is true. Here are three compelling reasons to outsource the shredding and…
Read MoreThe Better Business Bureau Suggests Shredding Sensitive Information
The Better Business Bureau recommends shredding things like banking documents, medical bills, pre-approved credit card applications, and any document that contains Social Security numbers, birthdates, PIN numbers and passwords. More tips to protect your identity: -Shred statements and applications you get in the mail that you don’t want to keep. These include credit card applications,…
Read MoreData Security Vulnerabilities That May Affect You!
Scary things are happening in the world of information! Right now, there are some data security vulnerabilities that may affect you! OpenSSL is a free-to-use cryptographic software that is used by over 500,000 of the world’s websites. A vulnerability was found in the software, putting all of these websites user-names and passwords at risk. It…
Read MoreGeorgia hospital records dumped on side of road
Georgia hospital records dumped on side of road by a off-site shredding company in Snellville, GA. http://ow.ly/qAjqh “Eastside Medical Center officials told WSB-TV a vendor was taking the documents from its facility in Snellville to be shredded and it’s unclear how the papers which contained sensitive information ended up on the side of the road.”…
Read MoreA Picture from the Middle of the Chattahoochee with the River Mill in the Background
This picture was taken from the middle of the Chattahoochee River at low flow on a beautiful sunny day. The mill in the background is the main building of the Historic Bibb Mill, the one that caught fire in 2008. Fortunately, we had vacated that building in 2007 and moved to a warehouse at the…
Read MoreCompliance with New HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule for Business Associates
Do you know how the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule is going to affect you, as a Business Associate? This blog will give you some helpful advice for managing your business relationships with companies that generate Personal Health Information (PHI) “The first step that organizations face in complying is to understand which of their vendors maintain…
Read MoreUse a 100% Shred Policy When Using On-Site Shredding Services in Columbus
Sometimes, even when you’ve made terrific data management policies that incorporate services, such as on-site shredding services in Columbus, sensitive documents can still end up in the trash, un-shredded. This can be a big problem, exposing your company to increased liability or threats from competitors, angling for an unfair advantage in the marketplace. Even though…
Read MoreSafeguard HIPAA Protected Material With Mobile Shredding Services in Georgia
Mobile shredding services in Georgia are a terrific way to protect any HIPAA protected records you may have to destroy. In 1996 congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and it was signed into law that year. It had numerous provisions, one of which was that it mandated healthcare providers handled personal medical…
Read MoreClean Out Your Office and Use Document Storage in Columbus
Many businesses, especially those that have grown quickly, run into storage issues from time to time, and they need to remember that document storage in Columbus is a great data management resource they can lean on. With document storage in Columbus, you can get a cost-effective way to store your important and sensitive documents and…
Read MoreMobile Shredding Services in GA – Protecting PII
As we’ve mentioned before on this blog, protecting your employees’ and customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) is a critical task for any business, and mobile shredding services in GA can help you keep that type of information safe. With mobile shredding services in GA, you will get a service that will come to your place…
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