Posts Tagged ‘Secure Shredding’
Why Should Your Business Use Secure Shredding
Have you ever considered the disposal practices of your business? Where does all your paper go? Are you tossing it or recycling it? If you’re just tossing documents in the trash, do you know who is picking up your garbage and where it goes when it leaves your facility? It’s something to think about, especially…
Read More10 Reasons Augusta Data Storage is a Game-Changer for Information Security
If your organization manages any proprietary information, are you doing everything you can to protect yourself and your clients and ensure information security? Whether you’re a health provider, a financial institution, a law office, service provider, or retail establishment, chances are you are managing some type of secure data on a daily basis. Think you…
Read MoreTips to Help You Prepare for Secure Shredding Service
As information security continues to be a growing threat, more businesses and consumers are adopting secure shredding as the number one way to protect their hard-copy information. At Augusta Data Storage we offer a variety of solutions to fit the secure shredding needs of companies both small and large, as well as individuals living in…
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 MoreETG is Shredding for a Cause
This past weekend we partnered with Wesley United Methodist Church and the Leukemia and Lymphoma society of Augusta to benefit the annual Light the Night Walk, a charity event focused on raising funds for research and treatments for those with blood cancers. Our event offered secure destruction services in exchange for a donation to…
Read MoreYour Document Security Mid-Year Check-Up
Tips for maintaining document security throughout the year It’s hard to believe that we are already half way through the year. It’s not unusual for a lot of those business goals and objectives we set in January to take a backseat to the everyday tasks that your business requires; but mid-year is a great time…
Read More5 Reasons to Use Scheduled Secure Shredding
It’s no secret that information security and privacy practices are front of mind for most businesses and consumers these days. Whether your records are digital or hard copy, ensuring that they are protected throughout their useful life should always be top of mind. However, best practices for information security shouldn’t be thrown out the door…
Read MoreSpecialty Services: Secure Storage and Destruction of Your Medical Records
While many of the businesses we manage record storage and shredding for are dealing primarily with paper records, we recognize the Augusta, GA area has a wide variety of medical service providers who may keep charts and medical records in a variety of other formats. When it comes time to archive the files in…
Read More5 Tips for Keeping Your Documents Secure [VIDEO]
As theft of personal or financial information continues to grown, so does the importance of protecting the private information of your business or organization, which is why we want to share 5 easy tips with you today to help keep your records secure. STEP 1: Develop a Record Retention Policy Having a plan in…
Read MoreWho should use secure shredding?
The easy answer is “everyone!” That answer probably leaves you wondering what your business, or you personally, might be holding on to that would require secure destruction. Did you know that for businesses, any information that is considered to be “personally identifiable information” should be securely shredded and the destruction date logged? The secure shredding…
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