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Shredding: Is Your Company Better Off Outsourcing?
If you wish to instill a sense of security among your employees, leaving copious amounts of paper and sensitive data lying around the office is not the way to go about it. When an employee agrees to work for you, not only do they commit to utilizing their skills on your time, they expect an amount of job security. This doesn’t necessarily mean the assurance that they’ll have a job the next day, either. Employees want to know they are protected.
When personal information leaves a restricted area, people could be at risk. Expired documents, financial statements, old employee records, and medical records are among the items that should be destroyed on a regular basis. Easing minds with the presence of an office shredder may inspire confidence, but is that really enough to keep your business protected?
First, consider the size of your business. How many employees work for you, and what is the regular output of paper that should be destroyed after time? A small company of less than ten people could be satisfied with an industrial strength machine in-house. The average small office shredder can take care of up to 400 sheets a day before one must check it for cleaning and quality assurance. Companies with larger workloads and personnel may wish to consider hiring out a service that securely handles your data desecration needs.
Do you keep sensitive data on CD-ROM or flash drive? If so, you should know a simple erase doesn’t guarantee your information is secure. Rendering the data storage unit unreadable is the only way to assure privacy. This goes for hard drives as well. A standard office shredder won’t do the job, so consider this before you make the investment.
Take care of your company with proper security measures. Determine through the size of your company and amount of output as to whether or not you should handle your own documentation destruction.