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The Future of Cybersecurity: Required State-wide Programs for Financial Institutions
September 29, 2016
If you’ve been following our blog lately, you may have noticed our emphasis on cybersecurity. There’s good reason for that – cybercrime rates are increasing significantly year-to-year. In fact, according to Symantec’s 2016 Internet Security Threat Report, at the close of 2015, the world experienced the largest data breach ever publicly reported. 191 million records […]
Shred Day – August 16, 2016
August 16, 2016
August 16th Monroe County #1 3:00pm-7:00pm Monroe Township Hall
Cyber Attacks Lead to Unexpected Costs
June 28, 2016
Business is booming, your company is thriving, and customers can’t seem to hear enough good things about your business. Then, someone breaches your digital data and suddenly information that is stored on a disk or hard drive is taken from you. Before you know it, your world is turned upside down and you have everything […]
The Dreadful Consequences of Improper Data Destruction
June 14, 2016
In 2011, documents containing information on NYPD’s counterterrorism were found and posted on the Internet. In 2014, Safeway, Inc. improperly disposed of customers’ medical information. Instead of moving the documents, they just threw them out. In 2016, multiple NFL players’ medical information was stolen out of a personal trainer’s locked car. What do all of […]
OUR Credit Union – June 3, 2018
June 3, 2016
June 3, 2018 OUR Credit Union 12 Mile Road location in Warren, MI 10:00am -2:00pm
AccuShred Named Most Influential Paper Shredding Twitter Account
May 25, 2016
Paper shredding focused blog, Shredder-in-a-Box, applauds AccuShred’s Twitter content by including them in recent article: Top 20 Most Influential Paper Shredding Twitter Accounts Toledo, OH – AccuShred, an information destruction and electronics recycling company headquartered in Toledo, has recently been named a Top 20 Most Influential Paper Shredding Twitter Account by Shredder-in-a-Box. The industry blog […]
Anthem Data Breach Confirms Need for Better Data Protection
January 21, 2016
In January of 2014, an administrator at health insurer, Anthem noticed a very large and unusual query running on their network. Although it appeared as though a colleague was responsible for this query, further investigation revealed it was coming from elsewhere. Within minutes of noticing this query, Anthem was on full alert. Apparently, the hackers […]
Study Proves Companies Need to Get More Serious About Document Destruction
January 13, 2016
Last year, Cintas hosted a webinar with Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, to survey the results of a study Security of Paper Records and Document Shredding. This study was performed to determine the current practices companies are using to secure sensitive documents during the shredding and destruction process. “Despite the […]
Why Secure Document Shredding Is Still Important Today
January 6, 2016
As we progress further into the digital age, it’s easy to assume that the need for a consistent paper document shredding service is vanishing. However, that’s nowhere near true. According to the 2015 BakerHostetler Incident Response Report, 1 in 5 data breaches involve paper records. That’s right, 20% of the incidents handled in 2014 dealt […]
3 Reasons You Need to Destroy Your Old Hard Drives
November 4, 2015
The protection of your sensitive electronic information is often overlooked in a company’s data destruction plan. Many companies are beginning to rely on software to delete their data, but software comes with limitations and more often than not leaves hard drives vulnerable to attack by determined hackers. So, what’s the solution? In our experience, the […]
