Avoiding the Everyday Scam
No one is impervious to hacking and phishing, not even the International Secure Information Governance & Management Association. Yesterday hackers were quick enough to send a pretty convincing trademark violation email through one of our email accounts. Luckily we secured the situation, although unfortunately many still received the email (If you did receive this spam […]
Read more »Can a Shredding Company Recover Lost Profit After a Truck Accident?
By: Kelsea Eckert, Attorney The answer is often YES! A shredding company may have the right to pursue lost income from an at-fault driver and the at-fault driver’s insurance company after an accident. The amount of the claim will depend on the length of downtime, as well as other circumstances and applicable laws. Here are […]
Read more »Efficiently Keeping Your Business in Compliance
Running a business can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to ensuring compliance with various regulations and laws. Compliance is important not only for legal and ethical reasons but also for the efficiency of your business. By partnering with an i-SIGMA Certified Company who has obtained either their NAID AAA or PRISM Privacy+ […]
Read more »Ask the Professionals About the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) (US companies)
Earlier this year, i-SIGMA hosted a webinar by guest presenter Daniel Risen, an Employee Benefits Advisor and Business Development Executive for OneDigital. Daniel shared with Members how to maximize the Cares Act Incentives via this webinar and a follow-up article in the iG Journal . You can access these here: Maximizing the Cares Act Incentives […]
Read more »Updates on the Morgan Stanley Data Breach
By now, most readers have most likely heard of the Morgan Stanley Data Breach incident. The latest $35M fine from the SEC, on top of the $128.2M Morgan Stanley has already shelled out, is due to the breach of personal data of 15 million customers appearing on hard drives at an auction where the data […]
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 »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 »If Certification is in Your Plans, Now is the Time!
First of all, it is important to remember that i-SIGMA is a non-profit trade association with a mission to improve market conditions for all its members, and the same was true of NAID and PRISM International before the merger. In its role as a member-owned organization, i-SIGMA provides a robust repertoire of member benefits, including […]
Read more »The Struggle to Hire & Retain Good Employees
Gone—for now anyway—are the days when finding and retaining good employees could be taken for granted. The recent i-SIGMA member survey, along with many conversations with members on what to do about it, has shown the competition for capable, hard-working, and presentable service personnel in records management and secure data destruction is increasing difficult…and in some cases, […]
Read more »What is the Correct Particle Size for Your Destroyed Media?
It is understandable that most organizations today want to do the right thing when destroying discarded media on which is recorded personal and competitive information. And, in this regard, it is also understandable that their initial focus is determining the appropriate particle size for the media they wish to destroy. Unfortunately, when searching for such […]
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