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Ensuring confidential information stays secure is a priority for every business. Aligning document disposal methods with efforts to increase sustainability practices, companies turn to secure shredding services.
Employee records, customer account information, and other sensitive data need to be protected and destroyed securely. This is where Iron Mountain's secure document destruction expertise comes in. We offer a range of services, including secure document shredding services and document disposal services, to ensure your confidential information is handled with the utmost care.
To avoid the potential for identity theft and the costly fines associated with a data breach or exposure of confidential documents, organisations often destroy eligible records. Choosing a reliable document shredding service is crucial for maintaining compliance and protecting your reputation.
Companies that specialise in the destruction of information operate in different ways. As such, it is important to consider the method that best suits your business needs. Whether you require document shredding or secure document disposal, Iron Mountain has a solution for you.
With Iron Mountain's secure document destruction and shredding solutions, your business can ensure the safe, reliable and cost-effective destruction of sensitive information. Whether you choose our offsite shredding services on a one-time or recurring basis, our specialists provide a clear line of sight into the processes and procedures that not only destroy the necessary information but adhere to regulations and policies your business may not even be aware of.
Our secure document destruction bins and containers are placed in your workplace for convenient disposal of confidential materials. Our specialists will then collect and transport your sensitive documents and materials to our secure destruction centre at regularly scheduled intervals. Our proprietary procedures and commercial grade equipment ensure the destruction of your sensitive materials is carried out quickly and effectively. This process ensures secure document disposal and gives you peace of mind knowing your information is handled responsibly.
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This is part of our commitment to providing environmentally friendly document disposal service and secure document destruction. If your business requires a one-time shredding solution, our special project destruction service offers a fully customisable option for the destruction of specific, time-sensitive information. All of our special project destruction services are carried out with the same level of security and reliability found in our recurring services.
When it comes to destroying your confidential information, Iron Mountain offers a customisable, shred-all solution. For information on how our environmentally conscious, regulatory-compliant protocols can take the burden of document disposal off your hands, contact us today.
A secure document disposal and shredding service provides a comprehensive, efficient and environmentally-friendly solution for secure document destruction. By outsourcing the destruction of your sensitive information and safeguarding sensitive and confidential information, you’re ensuring that your reputation is protected.
Iron Mountain’s Document shredding services also enable your organisation to save on the storage space and maintenance costs associated with housing paper copies of records that could easily be transferred to digital sources and then subsequently destroyed.
By enlisting a secure document disposal and shredding service, you’ll ensure that your business:
Regardless of the service you select, document destruction solutions provide safe, efficient solutions for your business. By removing the labour and costs associated with such a monotonous and time-intensive task, you’ll free up resources, manpower and space. Whatever your needs and budget — Iron Mountain has a document shredding service designed to help save you the time, effort and headache of managing secure document destruction on your own. Determine if Iron Mountain’s document storage service is right for you by talking to one of our Customer Service representatives.
When considering a document destruction solution for your business, there are numerous important factors to consider. Selective shredding vs. shred-all systems:
Selective document shredding services can be effective if there are only certain documents that need to be destroyed, but this option comes with several caveats:
Selective Shred: Dispose of your selected documents securely
Securely shred only the documents you need to remain compliant and safeguard sensitive files.
Shred-All secure document disposal is the most straightforward option, and a viable one if processing internally. It instructs employees to securely shred all relevant information no longer required by compliance law, as opposed to placing it in the trash.
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Iron Mountain can securely destroy several types of media, including:
✓ Paper documents
✓ Backup tapes
✓ DVDs
✓ CDs
✓ Flash drives
✓ X-rays
✓Laminated paper
✓ Card stock
Why should you use a secure shredding service for taking care of your sensitive documents?
Great question.
Business documents and other media from your office could contain sensitive information that could become a liability to the company if they fell into the wrong hands. A secure shredding service gives you peace of mind that when you decide to purge your old documents, you’re destroying them for good, with no chance of them resurfacing or finding their way into the hands of competitors.
Using a shredding service means you don’t need to go through the arduous process of creating policies and following up with employees to make sure they’re adhered to.
The contents that you would like destroyed will be done so legally and securely, after which the vendor will provide a certificate of destruction attesting to the fact that the information has been destroyed as required.
For over 75 years, Iron Mountain has been protecting your sensitive business information through the end of its life cycle.
Whether you’re shifting gears to a new project or moving to a new space, clearing out the clutter of old business documents doesn’t need to be a headache or a security vulnerability. Iron Mountain will take care of your sensitive documents with shredding done by trained and vetted specialists who follow auditable chain-of-custody procedures.
Since 1951, Iron Mountain continues to be a leader in secure document shredding. Our shredding services are NAID’s AAA-certified from i-SIGMA, which ensures Iron Mountain meets the highest legal and compliance regulations required for secure information destruction.
Protect your brand and reduce information risk with Iron Mountain. Determine if Iron Mountain’s document storage service is right for you by talking to one of our Customer Service representatives.
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