Even as companies move their work and data increasingly into virtual storage, most companies are still saddled with a great deal of paperwork every week. While much of your simple scrap may be able to be thrown away or simply run through a basic desk shredder, if your company has sensitive information, that simply doesn’t cut it. Whether you have proprietary information committed to paper which you want to destroy now that it’s digitized or you are removing client records and need to protect their private information, you should turn to the security that professional shredding provides.
Personal Shredding Leaves You Vulnerable
One common misconception is that using an office shredder is enough to destroy a document and make it unable to be recovered. If your office is using a simple vertical shredder, however, this is simply not the case. While sifting through the trash to find all the right strips and then piecing them back together with adhesive is a time-intensive effort, it can be done. If all you’ve done is sliced your documents they may still be able to be intercepted and reconstructed.
Proper Shredding Takes Time
The next option for handling your shredding is to invest in a higher-end shredder, which is capable of working with cross cuts. This too comes with drawbacks. Feeding documents through these machines is often a slow process as they can not handle bulk batches of paper. This leads to paying an employee for hours of work when hiring professional shredding services would have cost you less.
Professional Destruction is Thorough
Even a smaller cross-cut shredder may not be enough to guarantee true shredding security. For sensitive documents, the high-end machines that professional shredding companies possess are the way to go. These machines can efficiently cut your documents into extremely fine cross-cuts which, combined with mixing among the many different shredding projects, renders the data completely unable to be recovered.
A Single Data Breach Can Bankrupt Even the Largest Insurance Company
Regulations May Demand Standards
For companies that handle sensitive information for clients or patients, there may be regulations which dictate the degree to which sensitive data must be destroyed. Often only shredding professionals have access to shredders capable of delivering the level of security required by regulations, meaning you will need to hire out the job or invest in the machines yourself to stay in compliance.
If you have a collection of documents in need of disposal, don’t rely on your basic shredder and get insufficient results. Professional shredding ensures that your private information stays private, at maximum efficiency and minimal cost.
TechWaste Recycling directly services all of Southern California and provides pickup services to its facilities from nationwide locations. Visit TechWaste Recycling’s website at www.techwasterecycling.com to schedule a pickup that works for your convenience and schedule.
Learn more about TechWaste’s data destruction process here: Secure Document Destruction Services
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1940 E. Occidental street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
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