Modern Security Requires Protection from Non-Digital Threats Too

There has been a lot of media coverage over the past few years about digital breaches of security affecting everyone from private individuals, businesses, and even high-profile political parties. It’s no secret that online security is important in the modern world, but comprehensive security also means eliminating non-digital threats to privacy and security.

Thankfully, modern professional shredding companies make it extremely easy to securely destroy any sensitive information you may have in hard copy, whether it’s on paper, electronic devices, or other more unorthodox forms. Read on to learn more about how contemporary shredders operate today.

Paper Shredding

Local professionals like Absolute Destruction offer the most convenient shredding services — they can come right to your location and eliminate smaller volumes of sensitive paper documents from the curb in their mobile shredding truck. You’ll never have to plan for how to transport heavy boxes containing sensitive paper documents.

For larger amounts of paper that need to be shredded, professional shredders will still come right to your location, but they’ll pick up the sensitive documents and shred them at their facility. No matter how much you need shredded, you’ll get the same level of convenience and security.

Everyone accumulates paper documents containing information they don’t want anyone else to know. Such common examples include:

Tax informationBanking recordsPaper storing usernames or passwordsSocial insurance informationContracts, business plans, or other proprietary information

If you have any of this lying around your home, have it shredded securely before it comes into the possession of an identity thief.

Electronic Data Destruction

Naturally, many people store their sensitive information on the electronic devices we use all the time at home or in the office. There is a long list of electronic devices that commonly store important information, and if they are just sitting around collecting dust, it’s safer to have them professionally shredded.

Such a list includes electronics like:DesktopsTabletsSmartphonesLaptopsUSB/Flash drivesPrinter and photocopier memory cards

It’s important not to simply toss these electronics into the garbage or recycling bin. Not only is the sensitive data on a discarded electronic device easy to retrieve, but there may be chemical components that need to be safely recycled.

Look for a professional shredder who is as dedicated to pulverizing the microchips on the electronic devices as they are to safe environmental practices.

Specialty Destruction

Sometimes, there are industry-specific risks to privacy that need to be shredded carefully. For example, medical professionals need to guarantee patients that their X-rays or will be kept confidential.

Pharmaceutical packaging can contain personal information, as can things like uniforms bearing a logo, or ID and access cards. Whatever form of sensitive information, however unorthodox it may seem, today’s professional shredders handle it all.

You likely don’t need to be told to take digital privacy seriously, but even in our modern world, non-digital identity theft vulnerabilities can be just as damaging as online ones. Professional shredders make it easy to eliminate the risk, so call them today.

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