Paper Vs Digital Data

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Security in Shredding

Paper Data & Digital Data are both equally as important to protect from data breaches. A Paper Shredding Service should provide a Din 66399 Standard when shredding documents. This ensures that documents are destroyed beyond repair. While this deals with paper data and documents. Your digital data is just as vital to protect.

We now live in a digital age. With the increase in usage of electronic devices and data is accessed and viewed digitally. This has caused a decrease in print media. Forbes magazine released a interesting article about the benefits of print media.

Over the past decade media has switched to digital based as people now access information through digital media. While there wont be a switch back to print media recent neuroscience research has shed new light on this form of media.

“Direct mail requires 21% less cognitive effort to process than digital media (5.15 vs. 6.37), suggesting that it is both easier to understand and more memorable. Post-exposure memory tests validated what the cognitive load test revealed about direct mail’s memory encoding capabilities. When asked to cite the brand (company name) of an advertisement they had just seen, recall was 70% higher among participants who were exposed to a direct mail piece (75%) than a digital ad (44%).

The study continues and explains how paper causes an emotional response to the brain:

Physical material is more “real” to the brain. It has a meaning, and a place. It is better connected to memory because it engages with its spatial memory networks.
Physical material involves more emotional processing, which is important for memory and brand associations.
Physical materials produced more brain responses connected with internal feelings, suggesting greater “internalization” of the ads.

Your recall is better from paper media. So don’t throw out the printer just yet. Accessibility of data may be easier digitally but data will be read and learned better from paper. Whatever method you choose it is important to know that the data needs to be protected.

Data protection laws are in place for businesses that contain sensitive data. With paper a confidential shredding service should be implemented for your business to dispose of sensitive data in a secure manor.

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Read the Forbes full article here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerdooley/2015/09/16/paper-vs-digital/#5d5ee8301aa2

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The Importance Of Uniforms In An Office

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Security in Shredding

Onsite paper destruction and off site paper destruction in Ireland and in general should incorporate a uniform for a number of reasons.

Uniforms for Corporate Branding

Having a distinctive uniforms in the colours associated with the company can assist in the establishment of an impression in the mind of the consumer. Security in Shredding’s uniforms identifies its employee’s as individuals who are associated with it and its service’s, and it helps to brand the company by distinguishing it from the competition. Consistency in employee’s appearance can create a positive impression on the customer and contribute to the projection of the Security in Shredding’s corporate image.

Uniforms for Portraying Competence

Uniforms can enable customers to identify employees eliminating the possibility of a customer mistakenly asking a member of the public for help. Employees wearing a uniform encourage confidence in the client by portraying the individual is a professional with service knowledge and a eagerness to help. A uniform puts the force of the corporate reputation behind the individual, making him look reliable and trustworthy as a company representative.

Uniforms to Promote Security

Just as a Gardaí or Army uniform identifies an officer, Security in Shredding’s uniform identifies its employee’s who are out onsite conducting a service call or delivery to a client’s premises.

Uniforms to Eliminate Dress Codes

Having a compulsory requirement for Security in Shredding’s employees to wear its uniform eliminates the need for creating and enforcing a dress code. Enforcing a dress code can lead to hard feelings on the part of employees who are told that their attire is not appropriate for the workplace.

Overall it is important to Security in Shredding that its employees are always dressed in uniform for their job roles and are neat and tidy at all times.

At Security In Shredding we apply these methods to our staff on with all onsite calls for both yours and our benefit.

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Choosing A Shredding Service Dublin Area

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Security in Shredding

Secure document shredding services are available throughout Dublin and greater Dublin area. Onsite paper shredding services in Dublin are available to benefit you and ensure your documents are securely dealt with.

Data protection and Data destruction methods are now mandatory for all businesses. The Data Protection Act requires you to have these methods in place or you could be liable for any data breaches if they occur. Sensitive or personal data that is not secured is often the cause of identity theft. It can easily be done if documents are not securely destroyed.

Before choosing a shredding service, it is worth researching the shredding service before using them.

What to look for when choosing a shredding service:

A Compliant Secure Shredding Service

Ensuring that the shredding service is both professional and secure in its business document destruction. The Din 66399 and EN 15713 standard should be sought when choosing your shredding service. This is a European standard and shredding companies must comply by these standards.

What to Shred

If your business uses and or posses a person’s information, then a shredding service is required and should be implemented by all organisations.

The link details the kind of information that needs to be shredded.

What To Shred

On Site Document Destruction Service.

A reputable shredding service will be able to call out to your premises regardless of location. The on site call out can save you and your organisation on time and effort and the document destruction can also be supervised by a member of staff to ensure documents are being destroyed in a professional manner.

Shredding Volumes

It is also worth researching the volumes of paper a shredding company can handle for your business. Your business or organisation may have a large quantity of documents with your own and other sensitive information that you don’t want accessible to people outside of the company.

References

Enquiring with other companies that use a shredding service in their business is worth looking into. It is important to know how the shredding service works and if it will apply to your own organisation. if the shredding company has satisfied customers is worth researching before committing to the service.

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Hard Drive Destruction Method

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Security in Shredding

Among having an onsite paper destruction method for your business. Confidential document destruction also comes in the form of media destruction with digital devices.

Hard Drive Destruction Method

Digital data is now more than ever the quickest and largest way to store data. A reputable shredding service with a hard drive destruction service is recommended for and and all businesses. A physical destruction of the hard drive ensures completely that the data stored on the drive is destroyed and cannot be retrieved again.

Data Storage

Formatting or wiping a hard drive does not ensure that the data contained on the drive is deleted. Formatting a drive allows the current data already on the drive to be over written. The data is technically not deleted which in turn can make the drive vulnerable to data breaches. With a little work all the data on the drive after formatting can still be obtained.

Destruction Method

Below is an example of how hard drives are destroyed in a secure environment.

To be aware if your purchasing hard drives especially if they are second hand. It can be difficult to know previous owners habit and if they have installed back door capabilities. The chances of this are very unlikely to happen.

New > Used

With current market trends new hard drives are quite affordable. A new hard drive will provide an added layer of security for your business. If your business stores personal or sensitive data there is a possibility a second hand drive could contain hidden software and be used to retrieve this data causing a data breach.

Hard drive Destruction Services

Security In Shredding provides a secure hard drive destruction service. In today’s technologically advanced business environment it is imperative that Data Security is the primary concern of IT Departments when selecting and IT Asset Destruction & Recycling Partner.

Simple step or protocols when purchasing and destroying hard drives will ensure that your business is complying with Data Protection laws.

For more information about hard drive destruction please visit SecurityInShredding media destruction page: https://www.securityinshredding.com/it-media-destruction.php

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Why Use Security In Shredding Services

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Security in Shredding

Security in Shredding Industrial Shredding Service have completed this blog to provide its readers with some FYI information regarding Shredding Service Providers and difference between Security in Shredding and its competitors;

First High Security Shredder to Ireland

Security in Shredding were the first company to introduce a mounted high security double shredded into Ireland. The machine design is unique to the industry hence the reason for its extremely high throughout put capacity.

Security & Confidentiality

In comparison to many competitors Security in Shredding has a 100% untarnished secure onsite and offsite shredding service provisions history – how many companies can proudly say that?

The provision of a professional, efficient shredding service to client’s is of utmost importance to Security in Shredding. Let the certified professionals securely destroy your data beyond reconstruction. Don’t take our competitors word as gospel when they state they comply to all relevant legislation.

Question our competitors;

What Shred Number are your services certified to?
Can you provide me with certification?

Why take the risk of using an uncertified shredding service provider when you can utilise a certified professional secure data destruction service provider and have total peace of mind that your important documents are destroyed beyond reconstruction. Security in Shredding have the certification to back the service; certified to up to Shred No.6 of the EN 15713 shredding standard.

Maintaining confidentiality is equally important if not more important to Security in Shredding as it is to its clients. All staff are Security Screened and in house trained when it comes to the importance of confidentiality. It is our business to help you protect yours by providing secure confidential professional certified shredding service. This includes office staff to the teams shredding your confidential documents.

Fast Efficient Service;

Due to the high throughout put capacity, Security in Shredding are at your location for a minimal amount of time. The high security shredding unit has a shredding capacity of 3000 lbs per hour. Ask your current shredding service provider what the throughout put capacity is the next time you order a service delivery and compare them to us.

Regions;

Unlike many of its competitors, Security in Shredding are not confined to provide its professional shredding services to one county or province; thee are permitted to provide its shredding services nationwide, yes – nationwide across the island of Ireland.

Customer Satisfaction;

100% customer satisfaction is of paramount importance. Security in Shredding have numerous testimonials from a variety of clients to include both private and public organisations, SME’s etc. Security in Shredding go above and beyond to ensure the client is satisfied with its service provision.

If you are interested in using Security in Shredding for your service provider all you have to do is send an e-mail, website enquiry or simply pick up the phone and speak to a friendly member of our team.

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The Importance of Customer Satisfaction to Security in Shredding

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Security in Shredding

Shredding confidential paper or paper shredding services are provided to you by Security In Shredding. We provide excellent across Limerick, Cork, Galway, Dublin, Waterford and throughout Ireland.

It can be difficult for some companies to bring new customers on board and retain current customers but losing current customers can be done easily. There are a number of differences between Security in Shredding and many of its competitors when it comes to customer satisfaction;

Security in Shredding put their customers’ needs first. For continual business customer retention is vital. This is achieved by maintaining a very high level of customer satisfaction. How is this achieved, one is may ask? The answer is simple; give each of your customers’ first class treatment, work with the customers’ requirements as best as is reasonably possible and if you are unable to provide the service the customers’ requires then suggest an alternative company whom has the ability to provide the service required.

If a client no longer uses the services provided by Security in Shredding and this is identified, a customer care call is made to that client to identify if there is or was an issue with previous service deliveries and to find the reason for their discontinuity. Security in Shredding helps the client to realise that they are a valued customer and Security in Shredding focus on their resolving their concerns and appreciate them for their previous business.

As Security in Shredding are EN 15713 certified service providers, hold a valid up-to-date ISO 9001:2008 Certification and Security Screen all its personnel; Security in Shredding has the ability and capability to provide both onsite and offsite data destruction services across the whole of Ireland on a professional and confidential level that exceeds its competitors.

Security in Shredding provides a highly secure, professional, confidential shredding service for Munster, Leinster and Connaught regions. It has an untarnished record to date and an extremely high customer satisfaction rate with much of its work being acquired from 87% of its customers. Numerous testimonials can be provided upon request.

If you wish to become avail of the secure, confidential, professional shredding services, pick up the phone or send an email to a member of Security in Shredding’s friendly customer care team.

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Importance of Paper Shredding Dublin for Business

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Security in Shredding

All businesses in Dublin and the surrounding regions will produce confidential paper from their daily activities. This paper may vary in kind, content, life cycle and legislative responsibility however, the risk will remain with your Organisation.

Within the general waste and recycling industry there is a “producer pays” slogan which means that the producer of the waste has the responsibility to dispose of the waste, in a Data Protection context it is similar where the Data Controller has full responsibility over the material and how it is destroyed through a shredding service and how it is to be disposed of once it has completed the document shredding process.

Whether it be onsite paper shredding Dublin and/or offsite paper shredding Dublin a professional service should be implemented in all organisations within all industries to minimise and eliminate where possible the risks of a data breach.

Document shredding Dublin is not the only method for Organisation to ensure compliance with the Law, there are also Nationwide paper shredding companies that can provide shredding services to clients right across the Island of Ireland.

History has taught us great lessons in the importance of Data Protection for businesses. We have seen companies lose thousands of Euros, destroy their trust with customers and in some cases go into receivership due to negligence with the management of data.

All it takes is one mistake for sensitive data to end up in the wrong hands which can be detrimental for your Business and the future of your business. With the aid of experienced well trained data processing professionals an annual costing can be calculated in order for your Organisation to implement a professional paper shredding Dublin service that in turn will protect your business going into the future.

Fraud has been and still is the fastest growing crime in Ireland and Globally and with this in mind it is essential for you and your Organisation to implement a professional Document Shredding Dublin service and make certain that you are abiding by the law surrounding your documents.

If you require any information upon any of the above, please contact www.securityinshredding.com and the compliance team will aid you in your query.

Or Email us : info@securityinshredding.com

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Dublin Paper Shredding – What to Keep and What to Shred

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Security in Shredding

A secure document shredding services are available in the Dublin area. On site paper destruction is available to meet to your shredding needs.

Irish Businesses are required to comply with many levels of legal procedures in order to operate. From protecting personal data such as confidential client and employee details right through to safeguarding sensitive company information in addition to abiding by individual sector regulations. Failure to comply at any level can incur severe criminal and damage a companies reputation.

It may be the end of the annual year or the end of an accounting Year but all Organisation need to go through their archives, office files and offsite storage files to decide upon what is legally required to be kept and what can be passed to go through their paper shredding Dublin service.

The best and most appropriate method for any Organisation to differentiate their material from that that can be shredded vs that that should not be shredded is to separate the material into its respective generation timelines.

When we mention respective generation timelines for sensitive paper we are talking about material that is generated in the following;

Daily generation
Monthly
Yearly
After seven years

Daily generation;

Most Organisations will have some form of paper that is generated on a daily basis. This is one of the highest risk sources of a data breach occurring within an Organisation as staff throughout your Organisation may leave waste paper into general recycling or any other place where fraudulent people may get access to it.

The daily generated material is not required for Organisations to satisfy tax requirements and it is normally not relevant for audit purposes and it is for this reason that daily generated paper should enter your Dublin paper shredding service immediately. Examples of this material would be memos, internal emails and CV’s.

Monthly generation;

On a monthly basis it is advisable for Organisations to reconcile all transactions and clear out any paper that may be building up within temporary storage solutions. One it has been confirmed that all of the documentation is no longer required for tax purposes it is advised that Companies should shred the material through a Dublin document shredding service. Examples of these documents would be Route plans, meeting agendas, performance targets, credit card details and bank transaction documents.

Yearly/Annual generation;

This is the material that is required to be kept for a minimum of one year. Materials such as unsuccessful CV candidates (unless there may be legal action). It is important to at all times be vigilant of what Revenue requires to be kept for tax purposes in addition to what your own business may need in terms of long term expenses and business activities.

Discard after seven years;

In Ireland Companies have a legal requirement to retain certain documents for up to seven years. Once these sensitive documents have reached their seven-year period a Company can choose to have the material destroyed. It is advisable that this task should be an annual task as you will be capable of maximising your accuracy in the destruction process, maximise your success within an audit situation, maximise your storage space, minimise your storage costs and eliminates the detrimental build-up of old documents.

Examples of these documents would be; Invoices, Accounting records, company transactions, tax payments, VAT records.

For further information, relating to document retentions please visit; https://www.revenue.ie/en/business/running/keeping-records-revenue-audit.html and/or visit www.securityinshredding.com/ and our compliance team will help you with your query.

Alternatively Email us at: info@securityinshredding.com

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Minister says Data Protection Commissioner is independent

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Security in Shredding

RTE News 28^th January 2016

The Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection has defended the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, saying it is completely independent of government.

Minister Dara Murphy was responding to the news that Digital Rights Ireland is to take legal action against the Government, challenging whether the office is truly an independent data authority under EU law.

DRI says a series of judgments from the EU’s top court have stressed the critical importance of a truly independent data protection authority.

However, DRI says it will claim in court that Ireland has failed to properly implement EU data protection law or follow the requirements of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by failing to ensure the Irish ODPC is genuinely independent from government.

Speaking to RTÉ News, Mr Murphy said he was aware of the impending case, but said it would be up to the courts to decide.

He added that the ODPC and its functions are completely independent of government.

He acknowledged that the ODPC is government funded, but said apart from that it is like many other agencies in the state that are independent of government.

Mr Murphy also defended the public sector’s attitude to data protection, following criticism earlier today from Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon.

The minister said improvements in compliance with data protection rules are needed across society including Government departments and the public sector generally.

But he said the new European General Data Protection Regulation will change and strengthen data protection rules.

He added he had recently brought local authorities and semi-state companies together to impress upon them the strong obligations they have in this area.

He said public bodies are engaging, although that doesn’t mean there is not more work to be done in the area.

On the controversy around the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission’s accessing of journalists phone records, Mr Murphy said the Minister for Justice was right to commission an investigation into it, as it is absolutely essential that citizens have confidence in any state agency that processes or handles their data.

Commissioner critical of compliance levels

Earlier, Ms Dixon criticised the level of compliance with data protection laws in the public sector.

Ms Dixon released a statement setting out priorities for data protection rights and protocol in 2016 to mark the tenth annual Data Protection Day.

In particular, she has called for improvements to the legislative process to ensure greater deliberation and scrutiny of issues that interfere with the fundamental right to data protection.

The commissioner acknowledged data protection is not an absolute right and in certain circumstances, must yield to other competing rights.

However, she also stated that if a public body is going to interfere with data protection rights, it must generally be provided for by law, be proportionate, necessary and made in the general interest or need to protect others rights.

Ms Dixon concludes that consideration must be given to all of these matters when drafting legislation.

Her pointed comments come as her office prepares to begin an audit of contentious powers used by several public bodies, including An Garda Síochána and GSOC, to access telephone records and other electronic messages.

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Free Shredding Event Limerick

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Security in Shredding

To Celebrate European Data Protection Day Security in Shredding whom are Data Destruction Experts, are holding a Free Shredding Event in Mungret Recycling Centre in Limerick in conjunction with Limerick City and County Council.

You may ask why is the event free? To answer your question, we aim to increase the importance of Data Protection Awareness by running this event. All shredded paper material will then be recycled resulting in reducing the amount of paper waste entering landfill. Security in Shredding will also be available to speak to SME’s about the importance of implementing a “confidential paper shredding service and improving staff awareness and risk identification as they are of significant importance to any organisation”.

To read more on this up coming event please click on the following link Limerick Hosts Free Confidential Paper Shredding Event

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Category Archives: Onsite Shredding

Paper Vs Digital Data

Hard Drive Destruction Method

Hard Drive Destruction Method

Data Storage

Destruction Method

New > Used

Hard drive Destruction Services

Why Use Security In Shredding Services

First High Security Shredder to Ireland

Security & Confidentiality

Fast Efficient Service;

Regions;

Customer Satisfaction;

The Importance of Customer Satisfaction to Security in Shredding

Importance of Paper Shredding Dublin for Business

Dublin Paper Shredding – What to Keep and What to Shred

Daily generation;

Monthly generation;

Yearly/Annual generation;

Discard after seven years;

Free Shredding Event Limerick