Office Document Strategies Blog

Physical Security Still Important In Protecting Data

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 23, 2019 @ 07:10 AM

Given the massive amount of discussion that everyone hears about cyber security sometimes the physical protection of data is overlooked when considering the importance of the information every business holds.  This is a natural occurrence since so much of what is stored is done so in electronic formats.

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Topics: Paper shredding, shredders, cyber security

Shred My Documents And My Shredder Too

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jul 19, 2017 @ 08:07 AM

The title of this blog is actually a quote from a client who brought his shredding and his old shredder into the Leppert office one day for shredding. His point was that his shredder was getting pretty long in the tooth and it didn't warrant repair so he thought he would just get it recycled along with his current need for shredding.  While this is kind of funny as shown in the attached picture it actually reflects a significant trend in office operations that has been underway for many years.

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Topics: cloud computing, Hosted document management, Paper shredding, shredders

Privacy Concerns Drive Paper Shredding

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Thu, Jan 2, 2014 @ 08:01 AM

Anyone who reads the news understands that privacy is a challenge in the fast paced world we live in.  Paper shredding in all of its many forms has grown to be a significant force due to these concerns.  For many people their concern about privacy leads to issues with how to handle the paper which comes to them as part of their daily lives.

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Topics: Canadian Legislation, shredders

Burlington Shredding Service Recovers $300 For Client

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, May 27, 2013 @ 07:05 AM

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Topics: document storage strategy, Customer service, shredders

Auto Feed Cross Cut Shredder Makes Privacy Control Easier [Video]

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Nov 12, 2012 @ 08:11 AM

Privacy is an issue for every organization.  One of the key tools for maintaining privacy compliance is shredding of paper documents as they are no longer needed.  With the introduction of a solid workgroup or whole office level document shredder which incorporates Auto Feed capabilities, Kobra makes this somewhat tedious task much easier.

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Topics: Document, Paper shredding, shredders

Argo Makes the Case For Cross Cut Shredding

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Thu, Nov 1, 2012 @ 07:11 AM

I went to the movies this past weekend, something that I have not done very often.  I went to see Argo the movie which tells the story of the 6 American embassy employees who took refuge in the Canadian Ambassador's residence during the Iranian hostage crisis in the late 70's. Central to the final sections of the movie is the capture of images of one of the fugitive employees through reassembling the strip cut shreds of documents from the embassy since the documents had not been put through a cross cut shredder prior to the militants capturing the embassy.

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Topics: Paper shredding, shredders

Shredding Services in Burlington ON Show Interest in Privacy Control

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Sat, Oct 20, 2012 @ 10:10 AM

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Topics: document filing, Paper shredding, shredders, paper filing

Personal Shredding in Burlington ON

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Sun, Nov 6, 2011 @ 03:11 AM

Shredding in Burlington ON seems to be a much more frequent issue for consumers.  I find that the number of individuals, as opposed to businesses, that are inquiring about shredding services has increased substantially over past months.

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Topics: Paper shredding, shredders

Anti-Idling Bylaws Create New Document Security And Shredding Risk

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 @ 08:08 AM

So what does anti-idling have to do with document security and shredding? 

It seems that due to municipal anti-idling laws in Burlington, Hamilton and other jurisdictions the mobile shredding services are being restricted from doing on site shredding.  It appears that running their engines for the time it takes to complete shredding projects onsite violates the anti-idling bylaws and they are not permitted to operate in this manner.

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Topics: document storage strategy, document management, Document, Paper shredding, shredders

What is confidential Paper Shredding?

Posted by Linda Painter on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 @ 10:08 AM

Interesting Yahoo Question posed the other day. What is confidential Paper Shredding? The common answer seemed to be -" Once a paper Document was shredded it is nearly impossible to reassemble."
Nearly impossible but doable with a lot of patience and tape-if the document was shredded with a strip cut shredder.   Depending on the width size of the strip cut- just like a jigsaw puzzle-if someone desperately wanted to - unlike Humpty Dumpty the document could be put back together again.
When purchasing a Shredder you need to know what is being shredded and just how confidential the data on the paper (or electronic media) is.  If it contains highly sensitive data- you need to get a Cross Cut Shredder- and the document will be shredded like confetti at a wedding. Cross cut shredders cut in different size "squares"- the smaller the "square" the higher the security value assigned to the shredder. 
You also need to know who is shredding the data. If you are using an in-house shredder- and most offices should have a Shredder- and a policy for what is to be shredded- and what paper can be safely placed in a recycle box.

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Topics: Document, Paper shredding, shredders