As a business owner, the privacy and security of all your critical information should always be a top priority. Every so often, certain items will need to be destroyed. Maybe you’re no longer working with a particular client and you no longer need to keep a hard copy of their records. Maybe older documents have passed the date where you are required by law to keep them and you’re trying to free up physical space in your office. Regardless of the situation, there are a few key reasons why a standard office paper shredder just isn’t going to cut it (no pun intended) when it comes to secure document destruction.
Volume
One of the biggest issues that you’ll run into with paper shredding on a standard office shredder is one of volume. A paper shredder may work just fine for the occasional document here or there, but what if you need to quickly and securely destroy reams of documents all at the same time? Standard office shredders were never designed to handle the type of volume that you probably require to keep things running both securely and efficiently. In the absolute best-case scenario, you’ll have to pull one or more employees off whatever important projects they’re working on to handle paper shredding around the clock until it’s done. The complete drop in productivity that you will experience alone is enough to get most people to start looking for another way.
Fraud
Another one of the major reasons why a standard office shredder isn’t going to cut it has to do with security. A standard office shredder is designed to cut documents in a straight line. One sheet of paper suddenly becomes five or eight strips of paper. While this does mean that the document has technically been “destroyed,” it would be easy for someone with the right tools and a little bit of perseverance to piece everything back together again. Suddenly that document that you had forgotten about can be used by someone with malicious intentions to steal your identity, commit fraud against a client or employee or worse.
Shred on Site: A Better Way
Shred on Site is a mobile confidential document destruction service that is designed to address all of these obstacles in one fell swoop. Our mobile shredding equipment is designed to handle any volume of documents that you need without issue. You don’t even have to take steps to prepare the documents for destruction – we’ll remove all folders, binders, paper clips and other materials.
On the subject of fraud, Shred on Site also uses an advanced “pierce and tear” shredding method to help make sure that your sensitive information cannot be recovered in any way after destruction. In addition to physically shredding the documents, the individual pieces that are left behind are torn in such a way that they will never be able to be put back together again, regardless of how hard someone is willing to try. Once your confidential documents have been destroyed, they are transported to a recycling centre to help the environment. It’s the type of secure and convenient solution that you can’t put a price on.
For all your mobile document destruction needs, contact Shred on Site today. We can help you establish a regular shredding schedule or assist in your one-off paperwork cleanout.
