Cyber Monday Provides Plenty of Deals but Also an Identity Theft Nightmare It’s the time of the year when shopping goes into overdrive. Black Friday is over, you’ve taken advantage of some deals, but there’s going to be more. A lot more. Over the past few years Cyber Monday has grown in popularity and is […]
Why scheduling a container service can save you money and headaches in the long run. In 2012 over 12.6 million Americans were victims of identity theft. The problem has grown because of the insecurities due to a much larger digital world, but has not left those businesses dealing with physical copies of information out of harm. […]
Document Shredding Still An Important Tool Against Identity Theft As recently as 2012 identity theft was recognized by the Federal Trade Commission as the number one complaint they received from consumers. According to a 2010 report, nearly 85% of identity theft cases were still due to “offline” sources like lost checkbooks, and bills. This number is […]
The Government Takes On Identity Theft With The Buy Secure Initiative Recent hacks to consumer data hacks to Target and Home Depot have exposed consumers to a “new normal” of credit card vulnerability in a changing landscape. On October 17, 2014, President Barack Obama signed a new Executive Order into effect to help protect consumer financial security against identity […]
Why Private Document Shredding Services Are Both Safer and More Affordable I was at a major office supply store the other day and happened to watch a customer stop in with a grocery bag half-full of paper. She was greeted by an employee who took the bag, weighed it, and then placed it on the […]
The Bureau of Justice Statistics revealed that in 2012 over 16.6 million Americans had been the victim of fraud. There are things you should do, and know, to reduce the chances you’ll be affected by fraud in the near future. Shredding documents is an easy way to decrease the chances of being an identity theft victim. You might be […]
Recent Cloud Hacks Have Shined A New Light On The Risk From The Age Of Big Data Keeping data completely safe in the Cloud is impossible. There’s no way to do it. However, you can still protect yourself by being smart when deciding how to store your valuable information. The recent spate of celebrity nude […]
Media Degaussing Services Benefits Your Business Do you have sensitive information on your hard drive, or another digital format that needs to be destroyed with competence and confidence? Simple physical destruction of the object might not be enough to protect your information. You want to consider degaussing. It is derived from a practice in WWII […]
Secure Document Shredding Is A Vital Part Of Any Information Protection Plan As you can tell by our name, we feel that shredding your personal documents is an important part of protecting your valuable assets. This is not just important on the business level, but the consumer level as well. Identity theft prevention is an important step […]
A Few High Profile Cases Of Data Theft Have Brought Identity Theft Into The Light According to a source familiar with the matter, supermarket chain, SuperValu, Inc., may have experienced a data breach to more than 228 of their stores between June 22 and July 17. A few weeks later, Albertson’s, another large chain, revealed over 700 […]