Be aware of all the materials that could contain confidential information…

Many companies have established a secure process for the handling and destruction of their confidential documents, but that’s not the complete protection. Every organization has drawers full of old media material, closets with old hard drives in their towers, obsolete training materials, not to mention ongoing use of some of these materials that need to be destroyed.

You would be amazed by how many organizations are not on top of this. A lot of this contains not just client information, but personnel info, and often – information/strategies/processes perfected over time that lead to their success. You need to address this issue, or have us come in and help you.

At Brooklyn Queens Shredding last month, we had a surprising example of this come up with a client in Brooklyn. They had set an appointment with us to do on-site paper shredding and then placed a last minute phone call before we arrived ” I think we have a few hard drives and CD’s to get rid of, can you accommodate”? Ultimately, after we helped with an internal audit of materials, a few turned into many boxes of this and boxes of that. They had no idea of how much exposure they had until they took a closer look. So please, close the gap today, every organization needs a complete 360 degree protection plan for their confidential materials.