Posts by Dawn Connelly

Keeping Your ID Safe When it comes to shredding documents to protect your identity, most of us immediately think about documents that contain financial information like credit card statements, bank account statements, tax documents, etc. But there are several other documents that may seem innocuous but can lead an ID thief right to you. Take…

How to Protect Your Company 2020 will likely go down in history as the worst year ever. And now, as we head into the New Year filled with hope, we are all looking forward to a fresh start. Companies must take steps to protect their businesses from security threats to ensure that their corporate ID…

The Latest Fraud Schemes & How to Avoid Them As if 2020 could get any worse, this year promises even more cyber crime activity. Now, more than ever before, more and more people are doing the bulk of their holiday shopping online. With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging across the country, cyber shopping is the…

What’s Right for Your Business? No matter what business you’re in, document shredding is a key component to protecting the confidential data of your company, your clients, your vendors, and your employees. Every organization should have a shredding policy in place—but not all businesses take the same approach. For some companies, an all-shred policy is…

Steps to Take to Securely Dispose of Old Office Computers Today there are billions of computers being used all over the country by companies. And nowadays, many businesses have opted for laptops for their teams, especially since a lot of folks are still working remotely. For many businesses, the question of how to safely get…

Tips for Safeguarding Your Business Against Fraud As the end of the year approaches, so does tax season and for businesses, getting all your tax documents and records in order is key to navigating the process easily. The issue is, that most organizations have years of tax documents onsite, including receipts, invoices and more. These…

Debunking Common Misconceptions If you’ve considered hiring a professional shredding company and weren’t sure how you could benefit or if your organization needed their services, take a look at the following commonly held misconceptions. Myth #1 – My Company Isn’t Big Enough to Hire a Professional Shredding Company Whether you run a small company with…

4 Key Ways You Might Be Putting Your Business at Risk Technology has given everyone the ability to work smarter, faster and stay more connected than ever before. But at the very heart of every business are people. And no matter how advanced our digital capabilities become, it’s the workers who make everyday decisions and…

Here’s Why Hard-Copies Can Be Just as Dangerous The first thing most of us think of when we hear about data breaches are the loss of digital data—the hacking of millions of online records and the exposure of private information of millions of people at one time. And while this is an all too common…

Following the Mandates Protects You & Your Business While most business owners know the importance of proper retention and destruction of confidential records and how critical remaining compliant is, many don’t realize that HIPAA laws and other privacy mandates extend to hard drives and other devices used by the company. The fact is, many companies,…