Your Shredding Guide – Protect your Information.
Identity theft and corporate document security often are very often overlooked by individuals and companies across Ireland. We are regularly hearing news stories that compromise individuals personal or company information. Security breaches can take many forms – be it credit card fraud, banking fraud or passport and employment fraud.
Office Shredders provide the best form of defense. Many people believe that paper shredding is a laborious task that is unnecessary. The fact is that opportunists exist in all walks of life and you should treat your personal, banking and corporate information with the up most of respect.
Choosing a paper shredder can be a little intimidating – the security level and capacity are the two features which must be considered before purchasing a paper shredding machine.
Security level of your office shredder:
Strip Cut Shredders: Most shredders that exist are strip cut shredders. This type of paper shredder cuts the sheet in several long strips. Ideal for home use and light office use, these shredders should be used where the information is not very sensitive. However, it is vitally important that you do not choose strip cut paper shredders just because they are more reasonable. Fraud thieves have the technology and patience to reconstruct strip cuts.
Cross Cut Shredder: These Paper shredders provide a higher level of security. They will cut the document in two directions, straight down and across and thus cutting the document into small squares. Cross cut shredders are ideal for corporate environments with multiple sources of confidential shredding requirements. The cross cut makes it much more difficult for the identity thieves to reconstruct the document successfully.
Confetti-Cut Shredders: A confetti cut shredder provides the highest level of confidential paper shredding. This shredder will cut the sheet in several directions and make it impossible to reconstruct the page. This shredder should be used when dealing with highly sensitive information.
Volume and Speed:
Once you understand the type of paper shredder that matches your information, it is then time to decide on volume, speed and number of users. All of these factors will dictate the price – paper shredder prices will vary considerably depending on the number of users and the volume of paper you need to shred.
Shredders are driven by a motor and if these motors are over used, then they will simply break and become useless. Here at wwww.office1web.ie, we often see companies saving money by purchasing a cheaper machine only to have it break down within days of delivery, due to over use.
The four step guide to buying a paper shredder:
* Decide on the sensitivity of your information. What would the consequences be of your information falling into the wrong hands?
* Decide on the volume of paper you will need to shred.
* Decide on the number of users that will have access to the shredder.
* Choose a paper shredder – in line with the above criteria.
Remember, when in doubt, Shred it! If you require any further information or advice simply call our office on 01-6852558 and speak to our friendly staff.
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