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What To Shred: A Guide For Every Industry

From financial records to employee data, organizations handle a vast amount of confidential information on a daily basis. But what happens when these documents are no longer needed? Should they simply be discarded, or is there a risk in doing

Data Security Breaches By The Numbers

Corporate data breaches are on the rise, with an estimated 77% of reported breaches happening right here in the USA. Not only that, the costs (both financial and to your reputation) are often much greater than many believe. In this

The Lifecycle Of Your Confidential Documents

Your confidential information is the lifeblood of your organization. But with the average office worker handling over 10,000 pieces of paper a year, it’s far to easy to have that information fall into the wrong hands, which could result in a fatal blow to your business

Is Your Shred Company AAA NAID Certified?

When you hire a document destruction company to shred your business’s old paper files or destroy your old hard drives, you are putting a portion of the future of your company into somebody else’s hands. Such is the extreme importance

Are Garbage Cans Your Company’s Worst Enemy?

You may feel like your company’s garbage can is a fairly neutral device. After all, it’s not like your garbage can is a terminator robot, seeking to find and destroy its target at any cost. Despite its unassuming appearance, your

The Ugly Truth About Old Hard Drives

Hard drives are still being used in many laptops and desktop computers, but most tech experts would tell you that these old storage systems are, at this point, obsolete. Solid-state drives (SSD) are the more popular option today, largely because

The Importance of Secure Shredding and Destruction

The FACTA legislation states that any company that maintains consumer data that is used for business purposes is required to take steps to ensure that unauthorized access is not gained due to ineffective methods of disposal. We live in the

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Columbia Industries Purchases Information Management Services, Inc.

Kennewick, WA – Columbia Industries (CI), a local non-profit organization, announced the acquisition of Records Management Services, Inc. (RMS, Inc.), a local company specializing in records storage and management on July 17, 2013. The combined companies of CI Shred and RMS,

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