SELECTSHRED | 5 THINGS TO CONSIDER ABOUT SECURE DOCUMENT SHREDDING
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An asset is defined as a resource with economic value that an individual or entity owns or controls with the expectation that it will provide future benefit. Keep your confidential information as your asset. Don’t allow it to become someone else’s asset. The confidential information in your custody needs to be protected as much as any other asset in your company because this information in the wrong hands can be misused for the future gain of someone else.
The following are 5 things to consider about secure document shredding:
Secure document shredding is not a one-time event – it’s an ongoing process.
- Develop a relationship with your shredding company – it’s not about the lowest quote.
- Know the qualifications of your shredding company. Is your shredding company NAID AAA Certified? Do personnel undergo criminal background checks and drug screening? Does your shredding company have appropriate insurance?
- Determine whether your documents are shredded on-site/at your location. Find out whether your confidential information is transported away for shredding elsewhere at a later date.
- Confidential information to be destroyed is not trash. Confidential information must be protected even upon its disposal.
Identity theft, dumpster diving, corporate espionage, intellectual property theft, and trade secret misappropriation are frightening words that can be your reality if proper attention is not given to safeguarding the confidential information in your custody. Do not place any printed material in the trash. You do not have legal ownership of the trash that has been put out for pick up. You only have ownership of the liability for a breach that results when information is retrieved from the trash.
Protect yourself and keep your clients’ information protected by using a third-party professional document destruction partner to destroy your sensitive information in a timely manner. Destroying confidential documents should not be considered as only a one-time event but should be an ongoing service to make sure that your information is securely destroyed as soon as possible.
The following link from the Federal Trade Commission – Bureau of Consumer Protection Business Center Blog shows the importance of having procedures in place to monitor what your service providers are doing on your behalf. http://www.business.ftc.gov/blog/2014/01/50th-data-security-settlement-offers-golden-opportunity-check-your-practices
For the businesses and residences in Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Palm City, Jensen Beach, Rio, Hobe Sound, Port Salerno, Sewall’s Point, Jupiter, North Palm Beach, Jupiter Island, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach Gardens, Okeechobee, and Vero Beach, remember that no data (printed or digital) is too insignificant for a third party vendor to destroy because the risks are too great not to do so.
Richard Kinkead & Gloria Kinkead
SelectShred, Inc.
T: (772) 463-3166
