Non-compliance costs organizations almost three times as much as compliance with information security regulations and standards, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute and Tripwire. Based on a…
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Improper Hard Copy Disposal Leads To Breach Notification
Secure destruction professionals as well as their customer too often think of Data Breach Notification as a byproduct of massive cyber breaches. However, while they have admittedly been few and…
State Attorney General's to Undergo HIPAA/HITECH Training
Health and Human Services has asked the General Services Administration (GSA) to contract with approved specialists to develop “training courses and related materials to educate staff from the offices of…
NAID-Canada dumpster study leads to national media coverage
Last week, a press conference announced the results of a NAID-Canada investigation into the amount of confidential information available in commercial dumpsters led to an appearance on the country’s most-watched…
Recycling Is Not Compliance
As organizations examine their alternatives to meet information destruction compliance requirements, they sometimes happen across firms that lead them to believe that paper recycling is adequate. Vendors that represent paper…
NAID Certification vs. NAID Member
SecurShred is certified by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) for mobile and plant-based operation for the destruction of paper media and hard drives. SecurShred has received NAID Certification…