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Clear-out (Purge) Shredding Service Limerick & Galway

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A confidential shredding service when doing an on site shredding, are also available for purge clear out shredding if needed. Our specialists are available for On Call service or scheduled service. For any large quantity shredding done in the least amount of time.

Why Purge Your Documents?

Clear out shredding is usually a once off service, if you have accumulated a lot of paper over time and or archived paper documents. This creates a lot of clutter for the office which in turn can lead to increased stress levels.

The more paper clutter that builds up the greater the risk of sensitive data being mixed in with non essential data. It creates an unnecessary data breach risk. With current data protection laws, it is essential that you protect your data at all times.

Failure to properly destroy your data correctly and if data breach occurs and you will be liable for the data breach. Often resulting in a heavy fine against your business.

When you implement a clear out service, you are ensuring that all your data (sensitive or not) is being handled and destroyed correctly.

On Site Shredding Benefits

Onsite document destruction & Purge Clear out Service

With our industrial paper shredding trucks, we can perform the purge shredding securely and confidentially on site where ever your location. Our trucks can handle a large amount of paper in one call out. Destroy the documents by using one of our lockable container when being transported to the truck.

For added protection the shredding on site can be monitored by you our a trusted staff member. Weather it is done through CCTV and or physically view the shredding process yourself.

Our Added Value

At Security in shredding, our shredding standard is done to a high security standard (Din 66399 or level 6.) This level of shredding ensures that your document confidentiality is maintained throughout the destruction process.

One of the most important factors in any service in today’s environment is that proper health and safety is adhered to. Due to our policies and procedures the service delivery is at all times reliable, efficient, safe and secure.

Certification of Document Destruction:

A Certificate of Destruction will be issued post shredding service delivery during the invoicing stage. This Certificate is All Security Mobile Shredding Ltd.’s guarantee that all paper waste at a stated period in time and locations was destroyed confidentially.

For more information on our industrial purge shredding service or confidential shredding Limerick or confidential shredding Galway then email your enquiries to:

info@securityinshredding.com or visit our site at www.securityinshredding.com

 

Confidential Paper Shredding In Limerick & Galway

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Why Should I Shred My Paper Documents?

Does your business or organisation use paper on a daily basis? Does this paper contain data of personal details? These are simple questions but if answered yes then you are required by law (both Irish and EU law) to ensure that your sensitive data is destroyed correctly.

If a data breach occurs, it will be your business or organisation that suffers with a hefty penalty or fine for the breach. Your current shredding company may not be liable for the breach. Ultimately it comes down to you to protect your data.

More than just a fine but the representation loss from a data breach can result in a severe loss of business if customers have no confidence with how their details are maintained in a secure manner.

How Do I Choose a Confidential Paper Shredding Company?

Any reputable shredding company will comply with Irish and EU data protection laws. Choose a shredding company that has Din 66399 Standard which is an EU directive and is used by Security in Shredding trucks when on site shredding paper documents.

A confidential shredding company that provides a Din level 6 shred, will destroy documents beyond recognition. Avoid using generic office shredders as they do NOT provide adequate data destruction. The paper shredded can be restored which is a huge data breach risk if continued.

Protecting your data is paramount for business success and recent changes to data protection laws

Choose A Paper Shredding Company Right For You

Security In Shredding on site service

When choosing your paper shredding company you have options to what service you desire. At Security in shredding we offer On Site Shredding in your premises. With this service we can provide lockable bins and our trained staff will handle and destroy your paper documents on site with our specialised truck.

This service can be done on a scheduled basis or an on call basis. We also provide clear out shredding (purge clear out) for large scale document shredding to remove clutter or unwanted documents from your office.

Off Site Shredding

If On Site shredding does not appeal or work for you then Off Site Shredding services are also available. This consists of bag collection service. Your paper to be shredded will be stored in lockable sealed bags which are provided by us. Collected by our trained staff and put into our secure vans and shredded at our location.

Once shredding has being completed, we provide you with a certificate of completion ensuring the paper shredding process has being completed. Giving you piece of mind that your paper documents were destroyed confidentially.

Shredding Limerick & Shredding Galway

For any and all your confidential shredding needs in the Limerick and Galway areas. Security In shredding offers a top quality and secure service. We comply by the Irish and EU laws and practices, to ensure that your data is protected when paper is being shredded.

For more information on our confidential shredding Limerick and confidential shredding Galway email us at: info@securityinshredding.com 

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Reasons To Purge Your Data and Digital Media Destruction

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At Security In shredding our purge clear out service and media destruction of electronic devices are a guaranteed method of data destruction. This form of data destruction ensures your data security is being maintained as with electronic devices there can be flaws and potential breaches that can be a major risk to a business or organisations data.

The Heartbleed Bug

An unexpected encryption flaw known as the Heartbleed Bug has been referred to as the biggest security threat the Internet has ever experienced. The Bug which is a severe vulnerability within the widely used OpenSSL cryptography software library has received the name “Heartbleed” from security researchers.

Open SSL software is used to encrypt information that you send to and from websites, examples of this information would be your login name and password and/or other sensitive information. SSL/TLS software provides communication privacy and security over the Internet for applications such as email, web, virtual private networks (VPNs) and instant messaging.

Within your browser you can recognise when websites encrypt information when you see a closed padlock symbol alongside the website address. The Heartbleed Bug enables anyone on the Internet to read memory of systems protected by the OpenSSL software.

This compromises the security keys used to identify service providers and encrypt the traffic, the actual content and the names & passwords of the users. The Bug essentially allows attackers to impersonate services and users by allowing them to eavesdrop on communications and steel data directly from the services and users.

As the bug allows hackers to exploit a flaw in the OpenSSL encryption software used by the majority of major websites changing your passwords will not matter if the website is still vulnerable as the website would have to update their software first.

To provide guidance and to help defend against this online tools such as The Heartbleed Test & Norton Safe Web – Heartbleed Check  have been created in order to test if a website has been compromised by the Heartbleed Bug.

How Heartbleed works

When sending information back and forth through a secure connection (E.g. Facebook – Gmail messaging) sometimes a computer will test to check if the other computer is still available. This is completed by the computer by sending a small packet of data called a “heartbeat” which is then confirmed. The flaw within the OpenSSL software enables hackers to use a fake packet of data which in turn tricks the corresponding computer into responding with data stored within its memory.

This flaw within the conventional encryption software is undetectable by current standards and has been active under the radar for a period of time in the region of two years. Google Security Researcher and security firm Codenomicon discovered the flaw and they said that even if you are not a frequent user of the internet, you are most likely affected by the bug – “You are likely to be affected either directly or indirectly.

OpenSSL is the most popular open source cryptographic library and TLS (transport layer security) implementation used to encrypt traffic on the Internet. Your popular social site, your company’s site, commercial site, hobby site, sites you install software from or even sites run by your government might be using vulnerable OpenSSL.”

How to stop the leak?

While the vulnerable version of OpenSSL is in use it can be abused. Fixed OpenSSL has been developed and released but it has to be deployed. Operating systems vendors, distribution vendors along with independent software vendors have to adopt the fix and notify their users as it becomes available for the software they use, operating systems and networked appliances.

This is a detailed report on the heartbleed bug. There are many bugs and issues regarding software and devices. Awareness to these issues is important for you and us. Ensuring your data security is maintained and compliance with data protection act.

Visti our shredding Limerick pages for details on our data destruction services.

Email us at: info@securityinshredding.com

5 Reasons To Hire an On-Site Paper Shredding Service

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At Security in Shredding our On site shredding is available for a scheduled call outs. Confidential shredding is available in Galway, Limerick and throughout Ireland.

Securing the confidentiality of data generated through business activity has always been of paramount importance for an organisation/individuals reputation. As competition increases, it is important to eliminate the risks that may lead to the loss of client business and severely damage their reputation.

While today much of the work is done online, the hard copies of some documents are still maintained for the purpose of information sharing or as documented records that need to be produced during meetings or during audit trials by regulatory authorities. To protect the information in these documents, the businesses therefore need to destroy and dispose it safely and responsibly.

Using a conventional office paper shredder could be an option but for higher volumes of documents with varying levels of data protection requirements and critical information contained on them, it is not viable and safe to use. This is when a professional paper shredding service comes helps the businesses securely dispose of their offices documents and comply with all relevant legislation.

Data Protection, Secure Paper Shredding

Following are the top 5 reasons why you should prefer an on-site paper shredding service over traditional office shredder:

  • Destroys the Document Completely: The office shredders shred the documents in strips that can easily reconstructed to retrieve the data. The on-site professional service guarantees the complete destruction of the document into cross cut particles, making it completely impossible for any person to reconstruct.
  • Facilitates Efficient Management of Resources: An office paper shredder occupies a lot of space and takes a lot of time to install and operate. You need to dedicate an employee for this task which normally takes half an hour or even more depending upon the volume of the documents to be shredded. In addition to that the issue with regards to deciding upon what needs to be destroyed and what can enter the traditional recycling streams.

The employee will also require the relevant training with regards to data protection if they are to be left with the responsibility of destroying the documents. At that time, the employee is not executing anything productive for future business. While half an hour or so may seem a small length of time at first but the annual figures will finally give you a clearer picture of how much time your employee has spent in this non productive activity.

  • Information Security: To shred the documents, you have to delegate a specific employee for this task which means you are giving all your company’s confidential information in the hands of a third person who may or may not be loyal to the company. Therefore, calling for an on-site paper shredding service is a better option because these people are only focused towards doing their job and they are not at all concerned about the information contained in the document.
  • Cost-effective: Hiring the services of a professional paper shredder saves you money because you don’t have to bear the maintenance and repair costs of the machine in addition to the wages and training expenses. Moreover, your employees will continue to earn more profits for the company by working on core business projects rather than engaging in paper shredding work.
  • Additional Services: Some paper shredding companies also provide additional services such as dismantling of IT equipment, electronic hard-drives destruction and consultancy to give a complete piece of mind to its clients. So, it is a one-stop shop for all your security needs.

With all these benefits, an on-site paper shredding service is certainly the best way to secure the business critical information. Always look for those companies that also offer additional services so you don’t need to go to different companies for your every security need.

Any questions or queries, then please email us at: info@securityinshredding.com

Putting Costs Over Protection Does More Harm Than Good

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Data protection and your data protection strategy is ultimately down to you and your team to install and maintain. A confidential shredding specialist will help you with your data protection and destruction methods.

How your documents are handled and accessed must be established and in a format that is acceptable to your business or organisations practices.

A recent report from the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC Annual Report 2015) Ms Dixon says despite claims to the contrary, there is no inherent conflict between her office being able to hear complaints from individuals on the one hand and provide guidance to organisations who may perhaps be infringing people’s rights on the other.

Helen Dixon also said her office does not have the resources to replace the requirement for organisations to procure their own expert advice and build their own capacity when it comes to being data protection compliant

 

Digital Data just as vulnerable as Paper data

2015 saw email queries to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner rise by 6% to 14,427, with an additional 16,713 phone enquiries and 885 postal requests for information.

In total, 932 complaints were opened, down 28 on 2014.

A record number of decisions under the data protection acts were made by Ms Dixon’s office , with CCTV in the workplace, direct marketing by SMS, spam emails and banks failing to keep personal contact information up to date the main problem for complainants.

62% of complaints focused on the right of people to access personal data held by others about them, with 11% centred on electronic direct marketing.

23 complaints were received from individuals who were unhappy at search engines’ refusal to delete search results about them under the “Right to be Forgotten” principle, nine fewer than in 2014.

The commission was also notified of 2,317 valid data security breaches in 2015, and increase of 129 year-on-year, with over half being unauthorised disclosures like postal and electronic communications.

Out Source Your Data Destruction

The article contains further details link is above. Protecting your data can be done with a few simple steps and a little bit of know how. Fore more information on data protection methods and confidential shredding, please visit our site.

Also email us for any questions or queries at: info@securityinshredding.com 

Clear Out Shredding (Purge Service) In Limerick & Galway

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We may not like to admit it but we accumulate clutter at home and around the office. Purging documents or a Clear out Service can be used to remove your old and expired documents. The greater the amount of paper accumulated the greater the risk of a data breach.

You may have picked up an interesting flyer or printed out a document to use at a later date. Leaving a work or private document aside and use at a later stage. This process continues and repeats. When you decide to deal with the build up, it can be a daunting task to deal with.

Why Remove Your Clutter?

There are many reasons to remove your clutter both security and health reasons. A cluttered environment can be stressful and stress has many negative health effects on your body and mind. To name a few,

  • increase blood pressure.
  • reduce your immune and digestive system.
  • Increase risk of heart attack and stroke.

Security issues such as data breaches can occur if private documents are not disposed of correctly. If a data breach occurs, you are required by law to report it to the Data Protection Commissioner. Failure to do so can result in a hefty fine on your business.

Lifehacker is a website on how to’s and have an easy to follow article on removing clutter in your office. LifeHacker: The End All Guide To to Getting Out From Under Office Crap These guidelines can help you with getting a grasp on the clutter and dealing with the mentioned issues

There is also another method of dealing with the clutter.

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Confidential Shredding Service

Confidential shredding specialists in Limerick & Galway are available to do on site shredding of any and all documents. This method will remove all your unwanted documents, safe in the knowledge that any and all private documents are destroyed beyond recognition.

This eliminates the risk of a data breach and the potential of a large fine for your business. Our trucks are available for scheduled service and do the shredding process on site.

On site may not suit your set up and a bag collection service is also available. The sealed secure bags are then brought to our shredding machine at out location and a document of destruction certificate will be sent to you to confirm the shredding.

For more information on or clear out service or any other shredding service, please contact our team by emailing us any question or query.

Email us at: info@securityinshredding.com

Significance Of Confidential Shredding In Limerick & Galway

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Confidential Shredding Companies are available to take your call for any document destruction or clear out service. Businesses in Galway & Limerick can avail of our quality service today.

With the increasing technology, the risk of leaking identity or of an important information file has become very vulnerable to those with an ill-will. From small scale business houses to large scale corporate conglomerates, a lot of paper work is done on daily basis in order to run the business.

These papers often contain important and secret information about you and your company which you certainly don’t want to make public. Bank statements, credit card bills, salary slips, security passwords, insurance documents, newsletters and all such documents are always at high risk for identity theft. So how should we protect the identity from hijacking?

There are several ways of making sure these documents do not end up in the wrong hands but the most secure method is shredding through a confidential shredding provider. Most of the companies have shredder machines at their office to destroy unwanted, day-to-day, old records that are of no use in future. But having a shredder system at office proves to be quite more expensive than hiring a reliable & professional confidential shredding company.

Confidential Shredding Specialists

Now let’s have a look on what shredding companies do and why confidential shredding is important?

  • The professional confidential shredding companies will ensure data destruction by their confidential shredding professionals thereby, reducing the chances of identity theft.

  • It is cost effective and a reliable source of shredding services.

  • By shredding your confidential records, papers & documents, you protect the important & secret information of your company and of those associated like employees & clients.

  • It reduces the cost & time spent on managing the information that is no longer useful to the company.

  • It helps ensure compliance with European, industry, and state regulations for information destruction that helps you avoid significant fines, penalties or legal action.

Identity theft is a major thing for everyone today. So, don’t fall prey to mal interests! Protect your identity, privacy and confidential records by shredding them on regular basis.

For more Information of our confidential shredding services

Email us at: info@securityinshredding

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Hire An On-Site Paper Shredding Service

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At Security In Shredding on-site paper shredding services is available throughout Limerick and Galway regions. Protecting your sensitive data from data breaches is hugely important for a business or organisations reputation and compliance with EU laws.

Securing the confidentiality of a business document has always been of paramount importance. As the competition grows, it is important to eliminate the risks that may lead to the loss of business and reputation.

In today’s world, a vast amount of work is done online, the hard copies of some documents are still maintained for the purpose of information sharing or as documented records that need to be produced during meetings or during audit trials by regulatory authorities. To protect the information in these documents, the businesses therefore, need to dispose it off safely when they are no longer required. Conventional office paper shredders are not an appropriate option as many of these shredders do not destroy paper beyond reconstruction therefore they are not a viable option.

This is when a professional paper shredding service comes into the limelight that helps the businesses securely dispose of their office documents.

Following are the top 5 good reasons why you should prefer an on-site paper shredding service over traditional office shredder:

  • Destroys Documentation Beyond Reconstruction: The office shredders shred the documents in long strips that can easily be put back together by anyone easily. The on-site professional service guarantees the complete destruction of the document, making it completely impossible for any person to put them together and read.
  • Facilitates Efficient Management of Resources: An office paper shredder occupies a lot of space and takes a lot of time to install and operate. You need to dedicate an employee for this task which normally takes half an hour or even more depending upon the volume of the documents to be shredded. At that time, the employee is not executing anything productive. While half an hour or so may seem less to you at first but the annual figures will finally give you a clearer picture of how much time your employee has spent in this non productive activity.
  • Information Security: To shred the documents, you have to delegate a specific employee for this task which means you are giving all your company’s confidential information in the hands of a third person who may or may not be loyal to the company. Therefore, calling for an on-site paper shredding service is a better option because these people are only focused on providing a secure, professional, high standard data destruction service for the client.
  • Cost-effective: Hiring the services of a professional paper shredder saves you money because you don’t have to bear the maintenance and repair costs of the machine. Moreover, your employees will continue to earn more profits for the company by working on core business projects rather than engaging in paper shredding work.
  • Risk: The Professional Data Destruction Service Provider, is 100% responsible for your data. As a result from hiring this Data Destruction Provider, they are taking on the Risk of ensuring that your confidential documents are destroyed in compliance with relevant standards and beyond reconstruction. By using Security In Shredding, you will be employing a Service Provider who can provide a completely closed loop on-site or off-site secure data destruction service.
  • Additional Services: Some paper shredding companies also provide additional services such as dismantling of IT equipments, electronic hard-drives, electronic equipment, digital scanning and archiving, to give a complete piece of mind to its clients. So, it is a one-stop shop for all your security needs.

With all these benefits, an on-site paper shredding service is certainly the best way to secure the business critical information. Always look for the service providers that offer 100% complaint services and certified services.

8 Interesting Facts, You Must Know About Data Destruction

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Protecting your confidential data comes in many forms. Confidential shredding is one form of data protection for businesses in Limerick and or Galway.

Maybe the business of shredding services won’t appeal to everyone. But if you ask the number of companies availing of paper shredding limerick, you would be seriously surprised by knowing the benefits and the business profits they are making from utilising a professional data shredding service.

Well, as I will explain to you, shredding companies destruct the information from company’s paper & electronic waste and recycle the same for their re usability in making newspaper, egg cartons and kitchen roll. After running some R&D, I have gathered some of the interesting facts you must know about shredding.

  • When 1 ton of paper waste is recycled, it actually saves 17 trees, 7000 Gallons of water and 4000 KW of energy. Also must be mentioned the land they accommodate to do so. The 17 trees are enough to consume 250 lbs of CO Way to Go!!

 

  • In 1988, when US top court quoted that any personal waste once thrown in the public bins will be under government authorities. Home shredding machines took a steep growth in sales.

 

  • Want to be one of the confidential shredding specialists? Well, to destruct anything you need to be certified to do so in line with European and Irish Standards. Simply providing a certificate of destruction is no longer good enough as any Company can simply construct a cert of destruction.

 

  • Some of the advanced machines are capable converting your A4 size paper into 100s of tiny pieces up to a minimum size of 3mm!! Within The EN 15713 shredding standard there are shred sizes, the most professional and secure shredding providers can offer various shred sizes from No. 1 right up to No. 8.

 

  • In 1979, The US embassy was attacked by some Iranian revolutionaries in order to retrieve their identity documents. As the documents were shredded in strips only, it was easy to retrieve info from them. These urged the need of cross cut shredders and were developed instantly after.

 

  • With the rise in technology, standard cross cut shredders can be reconstructed, it is advised that Shred Size No. 6 (320 mm squared particles) is the ideal shred for security and beyond reconstruction.

 

  • Last but not the least; Abbot Augustus Lowe founded the first ever shredding machine in 1909. Though it wasn’t massive, the latest of our shredders work on the derived principles of that machine.

Thought provoking info for Confidential Shredding Specialists and Paper Shredding Service users. For more information on our confidential shredding service, please email us at : info@securityinshredding.com

Why Outsource Paper Shredding? Galway Region

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Are you looking for confidential shredding specialists in Galway? There are numerous paper shredders upon the marketplace for in-house destruction, but a precise one is only one that provides an audit-able and accountable trail for the client in addition to providing professional advice for your other documents or data which require to be securely destroyed.

If you are working in an organisation and have documents that are confidential and sensitive but you are unable to keep them anymore a professional data destruction service provider is the best option for you. It becomes essential to shred them through a confidential shredding service provider instead of inserting them in traditional recycling streams. Moreover, it’s difficult for you to keep all these documents safe in a secure location as it would cause a space management issue.

The best method to dispose – of all confidential data that is no longer required is to avail of the confidential paper shredding service of Galway Security in Shredding. Shredding service not only destroys confidential documents that are no longer required, but also assists in space management and ensures compliance with legislation on a data protection level and a waste management level. Outsourcing some professional shredding service will be a great choice for your confidential shredding requirements due to the following reasons

Security

Shred your confidential data in a specific and efficient manner. Paper shredding Galway is a service provider providing its eminent services which include paper shredding, document destruction, product shredding, hard – drive shredding and media shredding, and confidential waste disposal which is accessible across the Galway and Ireland region.

Price value

In – house shredding saves your money? Shredding services through a service provider are 25 – 40% inexpensive than in-house shredding which not only saves your money, but also provides a trustworthy appearance of the service provider and accountability for the client.

Environment

Confidential paper shredding services of Galway provides a featured service that disposes all the shredded data and destructed material at safe and allotted recycling facilities without any extra charges.

All material returns to the market as kitchen paper and other recycled products.

For more information email us at: info@securityinshedding.com