Secure Shredding
Working from Home? Document Security Still Matters.
As with any shift in workplace processes, your security programs must adapt to address new risks and threats that arise as a result of changing the way your day-to-day operations look. While many businesses operate from home, it’s still important to maintain best practices for the security and integrity of the information you manage. Many…
Read MoreOur 2019 Environmental Savings Report
AUGUSTA DATA STORAGE RELEASES 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2019 marked another year of exciting changes and growth for our organization! As we continue to expand our footprint for secure shredding services across the CSRA, we’re also working to improve our records management offerings and streamline our processes to lighten the load of those tasked with information…
Read More6 Tips for a “Paperless Office” in 2020
The concept of a “paperless office” is not a new one, and while the idea of operating with virtually no paper-waste in your workplace is ideal, even in today’s digital world it’s a tall order. Eliminating ALL paper might be a pipe dream, but we have a few tips to help you achieve a paper-less…
Read MoreMust-Have Specialized Destruction Services
For a business needing to protect both your company’s and your clients’ confidential information, responsible destruction practices don’t stop with the disposal of old documents and hard drives. In reality, your business produces a variety of media types that, without proper destruction, risk your company’s good name and pose additional environmental threats. At Augusta Data…
Read MoreQuestions to Ask Your Secure Destruction Provider
Keeping the information about your company and your clients confidential is one of the most important challenges you’ll face as a business dealing with large volumes of private documents and records. Shredding and disposing of media yourself will only bog down your business’s efficiency without providing the best professional practices. For reliable and secure records…
Read MoreProtecting your Information & the Environment Part 1: Document Destruction
In 2018 Augusta Data Storage collected and shredded over 2 Million pounds of paper from our customers across the CSRA. As a result, we were able to amass significant environmental savings, which you can read about in our annual environmental savings report. Many of you have asked questions like “what happens to all the paper…
Read More5 Ways to Minimize Information Disposal Mistakes
As a business manager or owner, it is your responsibility to properly store and safely dispose of any records containing personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information is a specific category of information that is associated with an individual person (employee, donor, patient, customer, student, etc) and can include items like: Social Security Number Passport…
Read MoreAugusta Data Storage Releases 2018 Environmental Report
2018 marked another year of exciting changes and growth for our organization! At the end of last year the ETG umbrella got a little larger as we welcomed our new sister company, A1 Bestway, an agent for Mayflower Transit! In our Data Storage operation, we saw increases in our shredding and recycling segments and capped…
Read MoreTips to Help You Prep for Bulk Purge Shredding
It’s hard to believe another year is coming to a close. For many businesses, the end of the year also represents an opportunity to plan and prepare for the coming year and to tidy up some of those lingering tasks. One of the most common year-end tasks for Augusta area businesses is planning and preparing…
Read MoreInformation Security Threats Likely Happening in Your Office
Managing information security is an on-going process that requires education and understanding from each member of your organization, from upper management all the way down to your part-time employees, and even interns. From managing personal records via the computer to maintaining paper files, understanding the risks and working every day to prevent accidental breaches…
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