You probably know that data security is essential to any business. Your reputation as well as your business depend upon it. Target is experiencing this issue in a very big way right now, as close to 40 million credit cards were exposed to hacking of their personal and financial information recently. Last year, the information of 4000 bank executives’ was compromised when someone broke into the Federal Reserve. Would we ever have imagined that an entity as powerful as the Federal Reserve would be able to be hacked?
It is clear we live in an age when it is no longer safe to hope for the best. We must now be more vigilant than ever, in order to protect our databases, businesses, and personal information from attack.
One of the ways you do this is to destroy old drives and media. Some do not realize the importance of this. But think about it. Think about how much data and information you keep around on old CD drives, hard drives, or external drives. Some people carelessly throw these away in the trash without destroying them completely. As is evidenced by some of the examples given above, you can no longer afford to do this.
Tips to increase your data security
Here are some tips to remember to always adhere to, to increase your data security and minimize the likelihood of theft.
- Destroy all removable media. People can take old media and reassemble it. Therefore, some home shredders are not enough. You need a professional destruction device to thoroughly remove all evidence of the data.
- Destroy old hard drives too. Don’t just throw away old hard drives and hope no one comes across the remnants you’ve left behind. You need to make sure you have them destroyed once you’re finished with them with the use of professional hard drive crushers and other tools.
- Do routine maintenance and clean-up. If you make a habit of cleaning up old files and other data on your computers, it will go a long way toward keeping your data safe. But files are not completely destroyed until they are digitally shredded. And you need special software for this.
- Remember your digital footprint. We live in an age where we must keep in mind that every where we go online and on our computers and devices, leaves a digital footprint. Think before you sign up for things online, watch the files you download, and other things, so that you will not accidentally download a virus, malware, or other malicious item which can then steal important data and threaten your data security.
If you are looking for a one-stop solution for data security involving professional shredding and data crushers, contact us. Data security is our middle name and complete destruction of your old sensitive data is our game. You can trust us with your critical information so that it doesn’t fall into the hands of someone you cannot trust. Do it now.
