I Know You’re in a Hurry but Before You Decide…
When hiring a typical service provider – a painter or carpet cleaner, for instance – it’s expected that you’ll have questions. How much will it cost? When can you be here? How long will it take? There are some services, however – like those where you entrust the vendor with regulated, personal information – where […]
Read more »Board Approves Key Committee Appointments
Earlier this week, the i-SIGMA Board of Directors made several key appointments to different membership committees. Board Directors Rick Jackson, CSDS of American Documents Services (Las Cruces, NM, USA) and Margaret Meier, CSDS of UltraShred Technologies (Jacksonville, FL, USA) have been appointed as Chair and Vice Chair respectively of the Certification Support Committee. The purpose […]
Read more »Beyond Certification
The title of this blog may seem odd coming from a person who has spent the last 22 years promoting service provider certification. Please bear with me. As readers already know, the premise of Data Processor certifications has changed. Where once they simply provided a general reassurance that a reputable third party had signed off […]
Read more »Getting to Know Bowman Richards, CSDS, 2022 i-SIGMA Board of Directors President
In March of 2021, i-SIGMA concluded its annual member voting period, where members voted to see who they wished to see serve on the upcoming board. It was this election that saw the selection of Bowman Richards, CSDS as president-elect; meaning that after serving in this seat for 2021, he would be inducted in 2022 […]
Read more »Board Names Jennie Gift, CSDS as 2023 i-SIGMA Conference Chair
With the excitement of the 2022 i-SIGMA Conference still in the air having just wrapped last month in Orlando, FL, i-SIGMA is already working on plans for next year’s event. The i-SIGMA Board of Directors met yesterday and unanimously approved Jennie Gift, CSDS of CSR Privacy Solutions (CSR) (Jensen Beach, FL, USA) to Chair the 2023 […]
Read more »i-SIGMA Promotes New Director of Certification
i-SIGMA is pleased to announce the promotion of Olesia White to the position of Director of Certification. In her new role, Olesia will provide leadership and direction to the entirety of the Certification Department, ensuring the continued quality and success of the NAID AAA and PRISM Privacy+ Certification Programs. Olesia is a customer-centric professional with […]
Read more »Media Collection Containers, Key Control, & Custody
Secure data destruction service commonly provides clients with containers to accumulate paper or other media prior to destruction. And, while it is true that the containers are designed to protect the media from prying eyes and hands, they are not high security vaults, and clients or service providers losing sight of this put themselves at […]
Read more »Board Makes Key Appointments to Committees
The i-SIGMA Board of Directors met this week and approved the appointment of three industry veterans to fill critical association roles. Josh Hartwell, CSDS of Shred Boss, LLC (Roswell, NM, USA) has been approved to fill a seat on the Complaint Resoluton Council (CRC). The CRC is the council responsible for reviewing ethical compliants and […]
Read more »2022 i-SIGMA Award Winners Announced
The International Secure Information Governance & Management Association™ (i-SIGMA™) announced the recipients of the Service Provider Member and Corporate Member of the Year Awards and the Shred Nations and Records Nations scholarship earlier this month at the i-SIGMA 2022 Conference in Orlando, FL. Tom Schreyer, CSDS, of Affordable Shred and Storage (Buffalo, IL) and Jennie […]
Read more »Innovations at the 2022 Conference
Each year, the Annual i-SIGMA Conference & Expo promises to yield great industry innovations and opportunities in the Expo Hall to keep your company leading the pack. This year kept its promise to be as exciting as ever with new rollouts, demos, giveaways, and more! The following companies were in the 2022 expo hall this […]
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