What Happens to Your Data After You Throw Away a Computer?
Download our PDF Whitepaper: “What Happens to Your Data After You Throw Away a Computer?” Throwing away a computer, cellphone, or other media device isn’t the true end of its lifespan. When a device leaves your possession, your data often follows. Data can be easily recovered if proper disposal techniques are not utilized. Unfortunately, most individuals and businesses assume that deleting files, reformatting, and even […]
Best Way to Destroy a Hard Drive
Sensitive data is all around us and at our fingertips every day. From computers to cell phones to printers, there are countless storage devices for data that most people don’t realize. Unfortunately, that means there are many avenues through which precious data can be stolen and misused. Luckily, there is a way to prevent data […]
Why Hard Drive Destruction Is Essential in 2025
Have you ever gotten an email from a company saying they experienced a data breach? Perhaps you saw in the media how major companies were struck with a cyber attack that crippled their business. While not talked about nearly enough, data breaches occur on a broad scale, with significant threats happening all the time. That’s […]
Is Your Data Really Gone? Think Again.
Download our new white paper: “The Critical Guide to Secure Hard Drive Destruction” Beyond Deletion: The Critical Guide to Secure Hard Drive Destruction for Compliance-Driven Organizations $4.9 million. That was the global average cost of a data breach in 2024 – a 10% increase from last year and the highest total ever reported. 4 In a world where deleted files can be easily recovered, businesses must […]
Media Shredding: What You Need to Know
We live in the digital age, where companies store private information on countless levels. As a business, you are responsible for every data-bearing asset your business has ever collected, from hard drives to old floppy disks. To protect your clients and business, professional media shredding companies can provide a secure method of media destruction. Why […]
How Outsourcing Your Shredding is More Secure and Less Expensive Than Shredding it Yourself
Concerns about privacy, compliance with new shredding laws, and the rising threat of identity theft often prompt businesses to consider investing in office shredders. However, outsourcing your shredding needs to a trusted provider like CI Information Management, a NAID AAA Certified shredding company, offers numerous advantages over handling it internally. Discarded Shreds: A Risky Invitation […]
What Law Offices Should Look for in a Shredding Company
Did You Know? Factors to Consider What factors should law offices prioritize when evaluating potential shredding partners? Here are key aspects to consider: CI Information Management provides secure, NAID AAA Certified paper and electronic media shredding services for law offices throughout Southeastern and Central Washington and Northeastern Oregon. With CI Information Management, you can rest […]
Digital Ghosts: Was Your Data Really Erased?
In today’s world, “digital ghosting” often refers to suddenly cutting off all online communication. But did you know there’s another kind of digital ghost—one that lurks in your old electronic devices even after you think you’ve erased them? The Hidden Threat of Digital Ghosts Many people believe that simply deleting files or formatting a storage […]
Hard Drive Destruction Best Practices
I walked into the middle of a conversation between some of my staff where Jake made a comment about hoarding and how much space it takes up and Liz wondered how it even gets started. Brian made a comment that it’s hard to believe that anyone would let it get out of hand and pile […]
Media Destruction and Privacy Law Compliance
Media destruction refers to the process of destroying or removing physical or digital media in order to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive or confidential information. In this constantly-changing technological age, this process is essential to ensure the security and privacy of individual and business information. What Media Should Concern Me? Any device that stores digital […]