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Tony Acerra, Vice President |
| General Manager-New York/New Jersey |
| GRM Information Management Services |
| Question:
How does shredding fit into the scope of information management? |
| Tony Acerra:
Shredding is part of the backbone of information management. Really,
it’s one of the basics. There are two simple concepts behind shredding:
space and security. |
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Realistically, a company’s storage capacity is not infinite. Even if a
particular business utilizes document storage, there is a limited
amount of resources that can be spent in that area. Shredding is a
viable – more accurately – a necessary solution to the problem of
constantly generated paperwork. Outdated, unused and extraneous
documentation can be destroyed quickly, creating fluid files with space
for all the newly generated material. |
| Shredding
is also an extremely secure method of destroying sensitive materials.
Identity theft is a constant risk, and corporate espionage is a real
threat – being affected by these crimes can cost a company millions of
dollars every year. Shredding is a smart and cost-effective method of
eliminating sensitive documentation and protecting the privacy of a
corporation, of both its clients and employees. |
| Question:
Can shredding be utilized in any other areas of business? |
| Tony Acerra: Yes,
shredding is not just for paper. In fact, we encourage our clients to
adopt an ‘all-shred policy.’ This idea to shred everything refers in
large part to hard drives, tapes and other digital media. |
| We
refer to the unused and outdated information on these devices as
eWaste. Computers are used in every facet of day-to-day business:
intra-office communication, contacting clients and partners, business
planning, design, billing and accounting, it’s all digitized. That’s an
astronomical amount of information, sensitive for the most part, being
stored on drives, disks and tapes. The issue is the same here. It’s all
about the security of your business and protecting the confidentially
of clients and employees as well as the integrity of your corporate
structure. Those items also need to be destroyed. GRM can eradicate
this information completely, adding another level to the security and
safety of your company’s sensitive information. |
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 The
National Association for Information Destruction is the international
trade association for companies providing information destruction
services. Suppliers of products, equipment and services to destruction
companies are also eligible for membership. NAID's mission is to
promote the information destruction industry and the standards and
ethics of its member companies. |
| NAID’s
members are companies and individuals involved in providing information
destruction services. Their mission is to educate business, industry
and government of the importance of destroying discarded information
and the value of contract destruction services. |
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| Industry Spotlight |
| Government |
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Government agencies require complex solutions to handle the storage,
archiving and destruction of a variety of paperwork and digital
information. Regulations and requirements concerning storage and
destruction change constantly and GRM remains informed and in command
of every amendment to ensure your agency’s compliance. We are also
equipped to adequately handle the ever increasing volume of information
while meeting all budgets and managing the requests of various
locations and offices. |
| GRM
is also designed to handle as much or as little of the information
management process as necessary, and we offer all government agencies
our trained archivists to handle their more sensitive information. We
understand that your job is to serve the people; our job is to serve
you. |
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of this helps our clients to cost-effectively protect the
confidentiality and integrity of key digital, paper and microfiche
documents. GRM also helps to manage the cost of compliance and reduce
time needed in legal discovery and litigation research. |
| HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
| We would like to take this moment to wish all the GRM Clients and their families Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year! Let's all look forward to a healthy and prosperous 2010. |
| Sincerely, |
| Jerry Glatt |
| Executive Vice President |
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