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To fight nondigital data breaches, Iron Mountain touts shredding
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:04:06 -0400 (EDT)
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000412 By Jaikumar Vijayan May 12, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Not all data compromises arise from malicious hacking incidents or from the loss of computers and storage media containing sensitive information. Data thefts often occur when companies fail to properly destroy paper documents and other media containing important information. With that in mind, Boston-based records management firm Iron Mountain Inc. this week announced a facility -- which it claimed is the largest of its kind in the world -- designed to help enterprises destroy media containing confidential information. The 55,000-square-foot facility, located in Jersey City, N.J., can shred 200 tons of paper a day and up to 48,000 tons of paper a year, said Susan Bergin, a spokeswoman for Iron Mountain's secure shredding services group. The facility uses a variety of high-end equipment to shred, grind and destroy not just paper documents but also other media, including X-rays, microfiche, computer disks, cartridges, videotapes, CDs and DVDs, she said. Sealed containers with media that needs to be destroyed will be shipped from the client's location to Iron Mountain facilities for disposal and recycling. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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