Sunday, June 15, 2008

The #1 Reason to Ditch Your Stripcut Shredder

"Unshredding" shredded documents is nothing new. Our client family has been hearing this warning from me for over 30 years now.

Reconstruction can be accomplished by hand; most notably, when the Iranians took over the American Embassy in Tehran
around 1980 (example).

Once a back-room government parlor trick, computer automated document reconstruction is now available to the general public!

Recommendations...
Ditch every stripcut (and partial stripcut) shredder in your company. They do not provide adequate business-level information security. Use crosscut, particle-cut or pulping shredders. Alert your Purchasing Department... "No more crummy stripcut shredders!"

Resources...

"How to Choose A Shredder" - Dahle
(Hint: Crosscut not Stripcut. Always.)
Lynde-Ordway
ABCO Office Solutions
Advantage Business Equipment
Allegheny Paper Shredders
Ameri-Shred
Capital Shredder Corp
Cummins Allison Corporation
Dahle USA
ECCO Business Systems
Fellowes Manufacturing Company
GBC Shredmaster Factory Direct
Ideal
Industrial Paper Shredders, Inc.
Intimus Paper Shredders
MBM Corporation (Destroyit)
Security Engineered Machinery
Somat Corporation (pulping shredders)
Whitaker Brothers
General search (Yahoo)

Bulk wastepaper destruction companies serving your area…
The National Association for Information Destruction, Inc.
(Search "Certified Members")