The F.B.I. estimates that U.S. businesses lose tens of billions of dollars every year due to theft of company data. The cost of identity theft in the U.S. is predicted to reach 8 billion by 2005. All the electronic security measures in the world are useless if you’re throwing out confidential hard copies and disks by the truckload. Putting your trust in an outside firm to dispose of confidential data for you is not the answer. By outsourcing your company’s document disposal, you effectively relinquish control of the program. The surest way to protect your company from data or identity theft is to shred sensitive documents at the source–in the tempered steel cutting heads of a Destroyit shredder.
Proper destruction of information is a necessary business activity.
Today, all companies share the same risks. Identity theft is America’s fastest growing crime, affecting an estimated 700,000 people a year in the U.S. alone. Theft of company records is the leading source of identity theft and, by law, the company is responsible for any information about its employees or clients that leaks out. Increasing numbers of federally mandated privacy acts, such as HIPAA and Gramm-Leach-Bliley, are being enacted to ensure that sensitive consumer information is adequately protected. In addition, a company could forfeit its legal rights to defend company secrets and proprietary knowledge if it fails to protect that information through improper disposal. Simply put, failure to shred sensitive documents before they leave your control puts your entire business in jeopardy.
Shred at the source—Buy at the source.
Reliable, convenient and easy-to-use, Destroyit paper shredders have set the world standard for quality engineering for over 45 years. Destroyit shredders are manufactured in Germany by MBM’s parent company, the IDEAL Corporation. IDEAL is the largest manufacturer of shredders in the world and MBM is their exclusive North American distributor.
Why shred at the source?
Off-site shredding vs. shredding at the source.
Documents that are for your eyes only are always the ones that “others” want to see. When it comes to protecting your company, your clients and their identities, shredding sensitive data is imperative. But shredding your data BEFORE it leaves the building is the only way to be ABSOLUTELY SURE it was destroyed PRIOR to someone else seeing it. The more hands your documents pass through, the bigger the potential for your documents to be viewed by others.
Remove the risk, cut the cost, enjoy the confidence.
Hospitals, banks, law firms, large corporations—no organization that handles personal and/or sensitive data can afford to put these documents at such a risk. The liability can be tremendous and potentially devastating. The cost of outsourcing your shredding needs is also A CONSTANT EXPENSE. It will never decrease. Maintenance, labor, travel, other machinery and even inflation will take their toll on your bottom line. The other off-site shredding service disadvantage that always remains a constant? THE RISK.
Remove the risk and cut costs by shredding at the source with Destroyit® document shredders from MBM. Your MBM representative can help you set up an in-house shredding program that is more secure, convenient and economical than using an outside firm.
If a shredding service handles your sensitive data…YOU INCREASE THE RISK!
- It leaves the building.
- A stranger is handling your data.
- It could be lost or misplaced during transport.
- It has the potential to fall into the wrong hands.
- There’s no way to positively know your documents are being destroyed without taking time off work to watch the process.
- You pay more.
- If the shredding service box becomes full, sensitive materials may end up being stacked next to it until the scheduled pick-up time.
- Destruction of documents may experience unexpected delays due to weather, traffic, vehicle maintenance problems—all situations out of your control!
If It’s Shredded at the Source, IT’S GONE. FOR GOOD!
- From your hand, it goes into your on-site shredder.
- You see it destroyed—you eliminate the risk.
- Offices stay neater. No boxes of waste waiting to be picked-up (and/or looked at).
- One efficient, economical cost—plus potential for recycling revenue.
- You’ve protected your customers…your employees…your company!
Where is your confidential material today?
Contractors for off-site shredding deal in bulk. The faster they work the more clients they can service. With low-cost labor, their profits get even higher. This combination of speed and cut-rate labor not only brings more to their bottom line, it elevates the potential for MORE MISTAKES—HIGHER RISK.
From the cost, to the confidence in knowing that NO ONE will ever see your sensitive data, SHREDDING AT THE SOURCE always makes the most sense.
Reliable, convenient and easy to use, Destroyit paper shredders have set the highest standards for quality engineering worldwide. Destroyit shredders are precision manufactured in Germany by MBM’s parent company, the IDEAL Corporation. IDEAL is the largest manufacturer of shredders in the world and MBM is their exclusive North American distributor. When you buy from MBM, you’re buying direct from the manufacturer, and the very finest maker of shredders in the world.
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