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The end of the year is the perfect time to clear out unwanted paper documents to get a clean start for the new year. Not only does having old confidential documents professionally shredded reduce office clutter and save storage space, it can also protect your company from costly security breaches. The question is, which shredding …
Wouldn’t it be great to start fresh this spring, with a home or an office free from piles of paper? If you need documents professionally destroyed on an ongoing basis, PROSHRED Connecticut offers customized scheduled shredding service on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, but did you know it also offers one-time purge shredding? There …
As a professional shredding company offering several types of shredding services for businesses and residents, we’re often asked about our drop-off shredding service. Here are some common questions people have about drop-off shredding with PROSHRED Connecticut. What is drop-off shredding exactly? With drop-off shredding, you box up the documents you want shredded and bring them …
What’s Your Liability for Improperly Discarded Documents? It’s the worst-case scenario—you’ve allowed some sensitive documents to slip through your security cracks, and someone has used the information they contain to commit a crime or get access to private information. Are you financially responsible for the resulting losses? The short answer: Yes. Ideally, all your important …
Why Erasing Your Hard Drive Isn’t Good Enough As technology gets more advanced, it’s becoming more and more difficult to truly delete information. If you’re getting rid of a hard drive, simply deleting the data before disposal won’t safeguard your confidential corporate, financial or personal information. A 2015 study by Blancco Technology Group found that …
When Should You Shred? You want to keep your company secure by properly disposing of any sensitive documents, but how do you know how long to keep things on file? Here are some common things you might have on file in paper form, and how long professionals recommend you keep them before you shred. Bank …
You probably know you need to shred any document that contains sensitive personal or financial information such as Social Security number, account numbers, etc. But there are many other things that shouldn’t be casually thrown away or recycled. You’d be surprised how much personal information can be retrieved from these items: 1. Magazines and Catalogs …
Getting unsolicited mail in your mailbox is annoying, but if you throw it out without shredding it first, it can become downright dangerous. Whether that mail comes from a national credit card issuer or a local business, chances are there’s a reason you’re getting it. Either you live in an area the organization wants to …
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