Employee Education Tools

Your workplace is full of confidential paperwork that could cause real problems if it gets into the wrong hands. Each year, identity theft costs businesses $221 billion worldwide.Only Shred-it has a secure shredding process from start to finish. That is why Shred-it is different … and better.

Most business projects require confidentiality, and everyone in the office handles documents that contain important and often confidential information. That means everyone in your office must protect documents and data from unauthorized access, internally and from outsiders. Maintaining a clean desk policy reduces this risk.

Shred-it has developed an office security self-assessment designed to help businesses determine the level of document security in practice throughout their organizations. This is a fast and easy way to gauge your information security practices, and to find out if your company is at risk of violating privacy laws, becoming a victim of identify theft or even corporate espionage.

Shredding all your paper documents reduces risk and improves compliance. Here’s some guidance to getting started.

How long you store business records should be determined by a retention schedule that balances each record’s usefulness with the legal requirements.

This memo provides additional detail on the Shred-it secure shredding program. Circulate internally to all employees to inform them of the new and secure shredding service provided by Shred-it.

Identity theft is the fastest growing form of consumer fraud in the United States. The consequences for the business are enormous both in terms of direct costs and potential damage to corporate reputation. Read more facts about this issue.

Details the environmental benefits of Shred-it’s shredding and recycling processes.

The Shred-it Brochure details how Shred-it provides peace of mind by supplying unparalleled security for the information you value.

What you and your company need to know to prevent inside security breaches. Read this presentation or view the podcasts section to hear more about this topic.