If you run a business, you have sensitive data, and if you have sensitive data, then it’s imperative that you properly protect your data. Data security is a very important concept for businesses. In fact, in a worst-case scenario, a data breach can lead to a company shutting down permanently. Here are a few things […]

When it comes time to get rid of old hard drives in your organization, it is important to make every effort to avoid data breaches. While it may seem more cost-effective to eliminate the drives yourself, you run the risk of your data being retrieved and used maliciously. The most secure method for hard drive destruction is

Data security is of the utmost importance in your business. Protecting user information is your responsibility. When it comes time to dispose of old hardware such as hard drives or other storage media, it is important that the data on these items are properly removed. The proper way to remove data is by destroying all

Every company has to get rid of old equipment, and that can sometimes be more complicated than it seems. Many things can just be thrown away, but some things can’t. For example, some electronics can’t simply be sent to landfills. But it gets even more complicated. It’s easy to forget that the old equipment you’re

When you work with highly sensitive data, you know the importance of hard drive destruction. Sensitive data absolutely must be kept in the hands of the business that works with it. If this data were to reach outside sources, there’s no telling how it could be used or what the dangers may be. Some businesses

Although we understand how important media destruction is, we can still go about it the wrong way. Many businesses still use unsafe media destruction methods to destroy or erase confidential data. Poor data destruction methods can lead to identity theft and data breaches. Below are a few methods that do not meet the standards of

Companies and businesses of all sizes keep confidential and important data on their computer hard drives. When this data is no longer needed, the company will have to properly destroy it so the information doesn’t end up in the wrong hands. This is especially important if the data contains sensitivity information, such as financial records

Data security is priority number one for business owners. Data breaches occur now more than ever either by accident or by a malicious hacker. It is important to take the steps necessary to create a data destruction policy. Having a reliable policy in place can help limit the damage caused should a data breach occur. You

Today’s business owners understand the importance of shredding old data to prevent it from getting in the wrong hands. That is why it is important to crush the CD’s, flash/USB drives, and other removable media at appropriate intervals. But did you know that it’s just as imperative to have a hard drive crusher as well?

If you’re like many business owners, you want to reduce your business’ carbon footprint.: recycle papers and plastics, go paperless, give staff time off to volunteer, use energy-efficient lighting and appliances, patronize local, sustainable businesses when you can, for catering, service work and resources, etc. You realize that businesses produce most of the environmental waste

Investing in top-notch data security is very important to the future operation of any business, large or small. Established businesses and small startups should have plans for securing data and properly destroying devices holding sensitive and confidential information. A data security failure can very well lead to a complete destruction of a business. An illuminating example

In today’s world, data security is a critical part of every business. But, when people think about data security what comes to mind first is the integrity of data on active servers: someone hacking into a website and stealing data from an on-line source. Equally important though, is what happens to the hard drive data

Regardless of the size of your business, there will come a time when sensitive data on computer hard drives will need destroying. Taking on the task destroying a hard drive is an often dangerous as well as time-consuming task. If you’re needing to destroy a hard drive, chances are you are wanting to ensure that the

Scan the pages of online auction sites. Within them you will find second-hand disk drives for sale, many still containing personal information. Just in February of this year, the Indiana State Medical Association had two backup hard disk drives stolen while being transported to an off-site storage location. This resulted in more than 39,000 patients

Many people think that throwing away their old media and computers is enough to protect their data from being confiscated and used by third parties. But a hard disk eraser and other data destruction methods are really the only sure way to do it. Hard disk drive technology A hard disk drive соntаіns а number оf concentric