{"id":1506,"date":"2019-11-15T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityinshredding.com\/blog\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2019-11-19T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:51:07","slug":"reducing-the-risk-of-human-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityinshredding.com\/blog\/reducing-the-risk-of-human-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing the Risk of Human Error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Human error<\/a> is a huge threat to any industry. It exists in all walks of life from the medical to the legal and service professions. Avoiding this one hundred percent of the time is unavoidable because at the end of the day we are all human, but there are strategies that we can put in place to limit it at all costs including the vital step of confidential shredding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.     \nHave centralised control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t allow everyone and anyone easy access to your\ndocuments within the company. Have a specific information security officer<\/strong> who will be responsible for giving\naccess to employees who request it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.     \nTrain your Employees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There should be a standardised practice<\/strong> in place in which your employees are fully trained in. It is important that they understand the necessity for the secure disposal of documentation. Your policy should specifically address what needs to be disposed of and when it needs to be disposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.     \nLocking Documents away<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anything that is to be kept needs to be kept in a secure\nfiling cabinet or drawer. If the Employee has work to do the following day,\ndocuments need to be locked up and secured sufficiently. A general rule for\nyour employees should be to never leave\ndocuments in plain sight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.     \nEmail Correspondence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Sending<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Accidentally emailing confidential information to recipients\nin error is such an easy mistake to make. It is important that your employees\nare fully alert and double check everything before they send. Always encourage\nyour employees to recheck their\nrecipients<\/strong> and ask themselves before they send \u2018is this going to the right\nperson\/people?\u2019 This should be included in their training and emphasised.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking all these steps and shredding any data devices or documentation that is no longer required will ensure that human error is minimised as much as possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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