| Why should I get a document shredder? How much | | | | store can run as low as $30. |
| should I spend on a document shredder? What | | | | One of the features that create this disparity in cost is |
| features are available and what is the best document | | | | durability. How many documents can it shred before |
| shredder for my type of business? These are some | | | | needing maintenance or a replacement. One made of |
| of the questions I will answer for you in this article. | | | | plastic parts will not last under heavy use, while one |
| First, why should I have a document shredder for my | | | | made of durable metal will. Obviously, if your company |
| business or for my own personal use? The answer is | | | | does not shred but a couple of documents per day, a |
| easy. Every day more crime relating to stolen or found | | | | cheaper document shredder might work for you. |
| documents is occurring. Fraud, Identity Theft, Corporate | | | | How secure are the documents you will be shredding. |
| Espionage, Con Games, and Forgery are some of the | | | | Some document shredders only cut the document into |
| examples of crime that can happen to anyone, any | | | | strips of varying width, depending on the document |
| time. | | | | shredder you choose. High-tech thieves can piece |
| The information contained in your documents may not | | | | together uniformly shredded documents. If the |
| seem like the stuff in spy movies, but the threat to you | | | | information is worthwhile to them, they can retrieve it. If |
| individually as well as to your business exists. Your | | | | your company really wants to destroy sensitive |
| documents contain a lot of things you take for granted. | | | | documents, you need to consider a document |
| Sensitive information about upcoming plans, stock | | | | shredder that cuts the paper up into bits, rather than |
| options, and other business related material can be a | | | | just strips. These document shredders are more |
| bonus to thieves. Thieves, to steal your identity, can | | | | expensive, but a lot more secure. |
| use your personal information like mother?s maiden | | | | Also, some of the better shredders not only shred |
| name, social security number, credit card and pin | | | | paper documents, but also CDs, Plastic Film, Key Tape, |
| numbers, birth date and more. | | | | ID Cards, Video Tapes, Floppy Discs, Microfiche and |
| There are many reasons why document security is | | | | other classified media. If your company also has |
| important. There are other aspects to document | | | | sensitive material stored on these other forms of |
| security that are important as well, but in this article we | | | | media, you may want to purchase a document |
| will remain on the topic of document shredding. | | | | shredder that does more. |
| How much you should spend on a document shredder | | | | Dust creation is another factor, especially for those |
| depends on your business. How many documents you | | | | who are shredding a high volume of documents and |
| need to shred daily, the size of the documents your | | | | other material. Some document shredders have an |
| business uses, how sensitive the information in the | | | | internal vacuum to dispose of dust, so if your business |
| documents is, and more are factors to consider when | | | | does a high volume of document shredding, you may |
| choosing a document shredder. That little desk model | | | | want to ask about this feature. |
| document shredder that you saw at the office supply | | | | Noise is another factor to consider with any size |
| store might not be adequate to your needs. | | | | shredder that you plan to purchase. Try before you |
| The DOD, (Department of Defense), has standards | | | | buy is a good thing to keep in mind. If it is noisy, you will |
| for the destruction of sensitive documents. This is the | | | | be happy you tried it out before you started using it in |
| top of line for document shredders and probably a bit | | | | your office. |
| much for your business. I include this information to | | | | How difficult is it to clear paper jams? How safe is it? |
| show you the wide range of document shredders that | | | | Is it easy to put your fingers into the area where the |
| are available for your own document security. | | | | blades are? How easy is it to take apart and clean? |
| The largest of these that shreds a high volume of | | | | These and more are questions you should consider |
| documents into very tiny pieces can run upwards of | | | | when choosing the document shredder your business |
| $20,000. The small ones you see at your office supply | | | | will be using. |