SELECTSHRED | IS YOUR DOCUMENT DISPOSAL PROCESS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN? – PORT SAINT LUCIE SHREDDING FORT PIERCE SHREDDING INDIANTOWN SHREDDING STUART SHREDDING PALM CITY SHREDDING OKEECHOBEE SHREDDING HOBE SOUND SHREDDING

Accidents happen but don’t let your document disposal process be an accident waiting to happen. We always advocate that you should shred first and then recycle. Recycling without first shredding your paper documents is not the most secure method for disposing of confidential information. Recycling whole paper can cause your business to be vulnerable to the liabilities and penalties from information security breaches.

Shredding is the most common acceptable method of confidential document destruction and is considered as taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of information when it is disposed of. Don’t let sensitive information accidentally get into the wrong hands. Paper documents sent for recycling are often manually sorted in usable and intact form, rendering the confidential information vulnerable to misuse. Recycling also provides no documentation that confidential information has been securely destroyed. Recycling without shredding by a third party presents the same vulnerabilities as putting confidential information in the trash.

The practice of using recycling as a method of discarding information will not provide appropriate legal protection in case of an information security breach. Recycling alone will not provide a certificate of destruction. However, an on-site third party shredding service will provide a certificate of destruction, prove that a business took all reasonable measures to avoid an information security breach, and provide appropriate legal protection. Also, remember you are still green when you shred first with a reputable, responsible mobile shredding service because all shredded materials are recycled into new paper products.

Shredding with a third party service such as a NAID AAA Certified company that destroys the confidential documents at your location is your best guarantee to fight identity theft, safeguard confidential information, and protect your company’s proprietary information.

Click on the following link to see one of the vulnerabilities of recycling without shredding first with a secure mobile/on site document shredding service. http://wgntv.com/2014/06/03/sb-dan-ryan-shutdown-at-95th-due-to-crash-involving-bus-semi/

Richard Kinkead, Owner/President

Gloria Kinkead, Owner/Vice President

SelectShred, Inc.

T: (772) 463-3166

info@selectshred.com

SELECTSHRED | HARD DRIVE DESTRUCTION – STUART SHREDDING AND HARD DRIVE DESTRUCTION PALM CITY SHREDDING AND HARD DRIVE DESTRUCTION PORT SAINT LUCIE SHREDDING AND HARD DRIVE DESTRUCTION FORT PIERCE SHREDDING AND HARD DRIVE DESTRUCTION

How often do you think of hard drive destruction and the importance of destroying the information on hard drives so that it never comes back to haunt you? We get it about document destruction. We know that we should shred documents so that their contents can never be retrieved. The same thinking should apply to properly destroying information on hard drives.

In addition to paper records, many businesses and individuals keep confidential information on computer hard drives. Commercial photocopier hard drives also store the processed images. Certain video recorders also store data on hard drives. Damaged or outdated hard drives must be destroyed to ensure that confidential information is not compromised. Simply erasing electronic files or formatting hard drives does not destroy the stored information. A hard drive contains an indexing table that points to the location of file contents. “Permanently deleting” electronic files from a hard drive removes the indicator of where the file information is located on the hard drive, but does not actually remove file contents. Also, formatting hard drives destroys the indexing table but does not remove the file contents. These file contents are routinely recovered and reassembled with hard drive data recovery software, unless the platters on which the information is stored are physically distorted/damaged. Complete hard drive data destruction requires physical destruction of the hard drive by physical distortion of the platters. Do not use a hammer or drill to destroy a hard drive. It is unsafe, uneconomical, and a waste of your time. There is a safe and secure alternative!

Some shredding trucks (such as SelectShred’s) have hard drive destroyers that physically destroy the platters, rendering the hard drives unusable and data irretrievable. You can witness the on-site hard drive destruction. The hard drives can be returned to you. However, it is best to have them responsibly disposed of, wherein the rare earth magnets and other metals in the hard drives are extracted and recycled, ensuring total destruction of the drives and keeping toxic materials out of the landfills. The hard drive serial numbers are recorded and certificates of destruction are provided. This process assures you of the ultimate destruction of information stored on hard drives.

Do not allow your personal or corporate information to be retrieved from carelessly discarded hard drives (not physically destroyed) and be misused. Please read the article contained in this link: http://www.sdbmagazine.com/sdb0514-digital-security.aspx

For additional information, please call us.

Richard Kinkead, Owner/President

Gloria Kinkead, Owner/Vice President

SelectShred, Inc.

T: (772) 463-3166

info@selectshred.com