All businesses today need to protect the confidential information of their customers, suppliers, employees and business in general. Mishandled, lost or stolen documents can lead to security breaches and things like identity theft.
Interestingly, the majority of security breaches that happen in the workplace happen by accident. And that's because many employees are still unaware of the type of information that needs to be protected.
So one of the first things you should do in your organization is identify risks that may threaten the security of confidential information.
That means knowing the life cycle of all documents in your office, from the time they're generated to how and where they're stored to when they should be destroyed by a reliable shreddign company.
It's important that all businesses today create a culture of security internally so that both employees and suppliers understand and value confidentiality.
When it comes to document destruction shredding is the more secure method. At the same time, for security having a shred-all policy in your workplace is also recommended.
A shred-all policy means that all documents are shredded when they are not needed any more. It also means theres no risk that confidential documents ever get into the wrong hands
