Central Texas Shredding

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  Shredding Services

  Central Texas Shredding is a mobile shredding services company based in Austin, TX and provides paper shredding and destruction services to clients in the Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos, and surrounding areas. We can help your company take care of all your secure shredding needs. Death of a Document: Shredding & Destruction Services It’s a fact of the document lifecycle: Records are born, and records must die. Businesses just need to make sure they give their vital records a proper, secure send-off when that time comes. Just because a document has outlived its usefulness to you, that doesn’t mean its usefulness to those with bad intentions has worn off—the information in your records is still a potent weapon that can be used against you, so following proper procedures in destroying records you no longer need is an important part of any records management plan. Your Local Shredding Company Our shred experts can provide you with the best shredding services in Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos and surrounding areas, areas. When you choose Central Texas Shredding, you’ll be in the hands of trusted industry veterans who have more than 30 years of security experience. Our level of quality service combined with in-depth industry knowledge gives us the ability to make customized recommendations to ensure a shredding solution that meets your unique needs. Shredding Services We Provide We understand the regulations and problems that affect businesses like yours. At Central Texas Shredding, we are dedicated to providing you with the highest quality services for the following data destruction options: -Scheduled or Recurring Shredding -One-Time or Purge Project Shredding -Residential Shredding at your home Our founder, Tim Henning, holds the CSDS designation from NAID, meaning that he successfully achieved the highest personal accreditation that an individual can attain in the information destruction industry. The CSDS accreditation was designed by NAID to promote and acknowledge an individual’s competency in a range of subject areas related to the secure destruction of information and the secure destruction of other items. Why Should You Shred? According to Texas Law, any documents or items that contain confidential or personal customer information must be destroyed, erased, or shredded before they can be disposed of completely. Identity Theft & Fraud With identity theft, fraud, and other types of hacking on the rise, secure shredding provides the most complete protection possible. This gives your both your staff and your customers the peace of mind that their data is safe and secure. By maintaining a consistent Scheduled Shredding Plan you can ensure that every piece of physical or digital data is kept safe and destroyed by trusted professionals. Regulatory Needs We have proven solutions for all of our customer’s needs, and this includes being compliant for all major privacy-related regulations. From healthcare clinics and hospitals bound by HIPAA regulations, financial institutions regulated by GLB, we have the experience to help serve your company’s data dispensation needs. Whether you shred with us weekly or only a few times a year, we bring HIPAA, FACTA, SOX, and GLB-compliant document destruction to your doorstep. Which Shredding Service Is Right For You? All of our shredding and destruction services are backed by industry-leading standard operating procedures. Your confidential information, whether it be in physical or digital form, will always be kept safe. Your privacy is our top priority.

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  Scheduled Shredding

  For your convenience, Central Texas Shredding offers customizable recurring shredding services that provide excellent service and peace-of-mind scheduling to make sure that your shredding is a priority month after month. We work with Texas companies in Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos and surrounding areas, providing local businesses and organizations with a convenient shredding service solution. Having a scheduled shredding service means that your day-to-day paperwork waste, which often contains a lot of private information, will be protected and kept confidential until it is shredded. What Are the Benefits of Scheduled Shredding? With a recurring shredding service, your shredding needs are constantly managed. As part of our service, we will assess your unique needs and provide you with a variety of options for scheduling. This includes providing you with secure collection consoles or specialized totes that will support your needs based on your office layout, employee workflow habits, and industry-specific security requirements. All secure collection containers are provided to your company free of charge. With a recurring scheduled shredding plan, you receive the following benefits: -Secure collection containers to ensure easy document disposal for your employees -You know exactly when the next pickup will be -Easy to change the collection schedule as your needs fluctuate -Work with HIPAA, SOX, GLB, and FACTA compliant professionals -Privacy and security are our top priority -On-site destruction means you can view the destruction happening if witnessing is required -A Certificate of Destruction to confirm your compliance with regulatory requirements and best practices for information security We provide the following shredding service schedules based on your needs. -Weekly -Bi-weekly -Monthly At Central Texas Shredding, we have solutions for every business model, and will work with you to provide a solution that serves all of your organization’s needs. We will work with you and your staff to set up a customized schedule that utilizes the right amount of time in between pickups so that you can get the most for your money. There are no hidden fees at Central Texas Shredding, and contracts are optional for scheduled shredding services. However, if compliance with data protection regulations is non-negotiable, then the execution of a written Business Associate Agreement is required. We’re happy to work with you on this. The 5 Common Requirements of All Data Protection Regulations: 1. Written Policies and Procedures. There will be written procedures for the care and protection of you data-bearing documents and media at all times. 2. Employee Training. Each employee must be trained in the proper safeguard of regulated information and breach notification procedures, with written acknowledgment of training. 3. Assign Accountability. Organizations must have an individual responsible and accountable for compliance with data protection regulations. 4. Vendor Selection Due Diligence. Data controllers can be held legally responsible for a data breach resulting from selecting an inadequate information destruction service provider. 5. Business Associate Agreement. Required by law under HIPAA regulations, Data Controllers must have a written BAA in place with third-party destruction service providers. Don’t worry. Central Texas Shredding has you covered. Customers Who Can Benefit from Scheduled Shredding We work hard to ensure that each of our customers has personalized support. We work with companies in a wide range of industries. If you are curious about how we can help your company with shredding services, please complete the form on this page. Our experts specialize in dealing with the following types of organizations: -Medical Clinics -Dental offices -Health care professionals -Schools -Daycare centers -Check cashing businesses -Payday lenders -Mortgage brokers -Car dealerships -Landlords and apartment complexes -Title companies -Real estate agencies and appraisers Retailers -Professional tax preparers -Credit reporting agencies All the responsibility to comply with these regulations must be supported at the executive level, (Sarbanes Oxley Act). We can help you with shredding of documents, and our high-powered machines can even cut through x-rays!

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  One-Time or Purge Project Shredding

  Our helpful team at Central Texas Shredding knows that not every client has the same needs. We would love to learn more about your unique business model and set up a personalized solution that works for you. We know that a lot of clients have more irregular shredding service needs, which is why we offer One-Time or Purge Project Shredding to our customers in Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos and surrounding areas. What Exactly is One-Time Shredding? One-time shredding is sometimes referred to in the industry as purge project shredding, and this is a very apt description. A purge project occurs when a company needs a lot of documents shredded in a very short amount of time. However, there isn’t always a need for more shredding after this one-time document purge is complete. A common example would be when a company with a large file room full of documents needs them to be securely destroyed very quickly. This is a frequent occurrence for companies as they grow and the years pass. Purging obsolete files allows your company to make room for new ones, or get ready for an upcoming office move. In cases like these, your company doesn’t necessarily need monthly recurring shredding—at least not right away. Instead, you can benefit from a one-time use of our services in order to get caught up on the backlog of documents. The best part is that you only have to pay for a one-time shredding project rather than having a monthly invoice to process. At Central Texas Shredding, our philosophy is to recommend shredding everything. We also suggest that you maintain a single, consistent policy for the way that all documents get disposed of on a daily basis within your organization. By sticking to a plan, you can ensure success. Can You Do More Shredding Services after the One Time Purge? This is a common question. Companies love the efficiency and peace of mind that shredding documents can bring. Some of our customers love it so much that they actually sign on for monthly scheduled shredding services after their one-time purge shredding service. We can work with you to set up a schedule that meets your needs. We recommend starting with a monthly recurring shredding plan, or scheduling out one-time shredding projects at regularly-planned intervals such as every three or six months. Other organizations find that occasional one-time purge projects are more than sufficient to meet their shredding requirements. What Are the Advantages of One-Time Shredding? -Shred as much as you like—we’ll take care of it all! -There’s no pressure to shred a lot of documents. Shred as much or as little as you need and we’ll still treat the job with the same great quality and care. -Project-based shredding is more cost effective for smaller companies who don’t need as many items shredded.

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• Residential Shredding

  At Central Texas Shredding, we appreciate residential customers and provide them with the same level of confidentiality and security as our business customers. While home shredding machines ate tempting to use, they also don’t completely destroy your documents and can leave private information exposed. Rather than wasting time shredding dozens of documents each week (or forgetting to do so), our Residential Shredding service makes it fast and efficient for you to handle all of your document destruction all at once. Our Home Shredding Process We serve homes in the Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos and surrounding areas of Texas, and bring painless, easy shredding right to your door! Our shredding professionals use a state-of-the-art shred truck that completely destroys of all of your documents on-site. This provides our customers with a more convenient and more effective alternative to the small home shredding machines that often do not work efficiently or effectively. But what about documents such as transcripts, accounting books, x-rays, DVDs and CDs with data that you don’t want to end up in the wrong hands? Your home shredder won’t be able to handle these tough-to-destroy items, but our state-of-the-art mobile shred truck can! What is a Mobile Shred Truck? Our equipment and technology is on the leading edge of our industry, designed to arrive at your home and securely dispose of documents immediately, on-site. This means no awkward transporting, waiting around, or taking the risk of sending your items somewhere else to be destroyed. We arrive at your house when scheduled and destroy all of your documents in just a few minutes. This service offering is the epitome of convenience, specifically designed with residential homeowners in mind. Don’t worry about removing staples or paperclips; our machines can pulverize these items, making us the most effective choice for shredding. The best part about our Residential Shredding service is that all of your confidential information will be eliminated and completely destroyed! We can also provide you with a Certificate of Destruction for your records, showing that you’ve successfully destroyed your items in compliance with the highest regulatory standards. What Types of Documents Can I Shred? Shredding personal information is one of the best safeguards against the risk of identity theft and other fraud. Once it leaves your home, you no longer have any control over how others use your data. However, with our residential shredding services, you can rest assured that you’ve chosen the gold standard of excellence for personal document disposal. Shredding in one of our state-of-the-art mobile shred trucks is the most secure method for destruction according to major compliance and regulatory agencies. Here are a list of common items that you probably have in your home that should always be shredded: -Bank Statements -Personal Correspondence -Contracts -Loans -Travel Tickets -Canceled Checks -Old Invoices -Tax Information -Credit Card Mailers -Medical Bills -Receipts -Utility Bills -CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes -X-rays

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  Shred Collection Containers

  As your go-to shredding company throughout the Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos and surrounding areas, Central Texas Shredding helps you choose the right shredding containers for your business or organization. We offer secure, sturdy shredding consoles that enable confidential material to be quickly, conveniently and securely disposed of at any time. Our shredding consoles come in a variety of sizes and styles to fit your destruction needs and office décor. 65-Gallon Bin Collection Container Specifications: -(24″W x 27″D x 41.5″H) -Holds up to 200 lbs. of paper -Sturdy wheels for easy relocation if needed -Secured with an integrated padlock, keys are given to client security manager and a master key -is given to our shred truck operator during business hours only -This container is the perfect size for a large office, and durable enough for a hospital or medical facility, warehouse, or other industrial areas 95-Gallon Bin Collection Container Specifications: -(26″W x 35″D x 46″H) -Holds up to 300 lbs. of paper -Sturdy wheels for easy relocation if needed -Secured with an integrated padlock, keys are given to the client security manager and a master key is given to our shred truck operator during business hours only -This container is the perfect size for warehouse and manufacturing facilities, offices with a high paper waste volume, or those with less-frequent destruction pickups Central Texas Shredding delivers shredding collection consoles directly to your facility and strategically places them within your office for FREE. We’ll even assess your document disposal needs and help you determine which shredding collection containers and how many will best suit your organization.

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  Data Erasure & Degaussing

  Data Erasure & Degaussing If you have strict security policies that prohibit removal of data from the secure confines of your data center, then degaussing might be the best data destruction method for you. Degaussing is the process of erasing data stored on magnetic media such as computer hard drives and backup tapes by exposing the tape or hard drive to a sufficiently strong enough magnetic field to permanently remove the magnetic memory from the recorded surface. When done correctly, degaussing is perfectly acceptable and completely compliant with NAID, NIST and NSA information destruction guidelines. The Erasure & Degaussing Process -We come to your location in Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos or surrounding areas -Perform an audit by scanning the unique device serial number or VOLSER number -Provide an Information/Asset Destruction Authorization form for approval and sign off -Degauss the media using NSA/CSS EPL-approved degausser -Provide customer with Certificate of Destruction -Remove and recycle media in an environmentally-responsible manner Ensure Compliance According to the IRS website, there are four categories of media sanitization: “disposal, clearing, purging and destroying.” In accordance with the guidelines provided by the IRS, if you don’t want to have your hard drive completely destroyed, you need to sanitize it in order to purge and clear all of the data that lives on the device. If you will be reusing the device within the same organization, there are less-strict guidelines, and the device’s data can simply be deleted. However, if the device or media is going to be leaving your organization’s control, it must be purged. If you don’t choose to clear the device you run the risk of identity fraud, where hackers and identity thieves can gain access to your most private secure information. One of the best reasons for clearing your devices is to protect your company’s valuable industry trade secrets. Even worse, if your hard drives are breached, thousands of customers’ data can make it into the wrong hands. This could potentially result in costly legal proceedings or other unwanted publicity and setbacks for your company. Our mission at Central Texas Shredding is to provide as much security, safety, and peace of mind for other Texas companies in Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos or surrounding areas. If you’ve been considering degaussing or on-site data sanitization, complete the contact form on this page or give us a call to tell us about your project! Ultra-High-Security Data Degaussing & Shredding of Hard Drives and Backup Tapes For our ultra-high secure customers, we recommend degaussing and shredding. We always encourage the customer to verify the effectiveness of our degaussing process. However, since degaussing does not alter the physical appearance of the media, this can be a point of concern for some customers. Physical destruction through shredding is a comforting addition to the data destruction process. What is Media Degaussing? Media degaussing is an industry term that refers to the use of something called a “degausser.” A degausser works by scrambling the magnetic field which stores the information within your device. This makes the data and information on the device unreadable. It also can never be pieced back together by an outside party or potential identity thief. While physical hard drive shredding makes it effectively impossible to put back together the information, degaussing is the safest method possible. Media degaussing is usually used in conjunction with hard drive shredding to make sure that all confidential information is kept that way. Information Technology Asset Disposition (ITAD) One of the other specialties that our founder and owner, Tim Henning, is highly proficient at is cleaning a hard drive and reselling it back into the marketplace. Due to privacy concerns and the high skill level required, this is a rarity within the industry. This is one of the great advantages of working with Central Texas Shredding. By offering this to our customers, we hope to make our services a perfect solution for as many different hard drive shredding and media degaussing needs as possible.

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  Hard Drive Shredding

  In the age of an abundance of technology, it can be easy to neglect the proper disposal of your old hard drives and other media devices. However, some of your most valuable corporate or client data may be trapped inside these devices. The risk of just throwing them away could jeopardize important information, such as medical records, business expertise, insider trade secrets or the like. How We Can Help You with Hard Drive Shredding Central Texas Shredding is a pioneer in destroying hard drives in a way that meets the highest security standards. Companies in all types of industries, including IT, trust us with the destruction of their hard drives, and you can count on us to deliver the same secure process and precision to destroy the hard drives from your personal devices. If you are located in the Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos or surrounding areas, we are your #1 local source for securely destroying your hard drives or other media devices. We guarantee that each item you entrust to us will be destroyed in a manner that is secure, effective, and much more efficient than trying to physically destroy them yourself. With our on-site hard drive shredding services, we can come to you and provide our efficient and secure destruction service at your company’s offices or at your home. What Types of Drives Can We Destroy? The following list includes examples of types of devices that contain personal information we can destroy: Hard drives Solid state drives (SSD) Backup tapes USB drive/thumb drives We work hard to make sure that no material is ever sent to a landfill where it would be harmful to the environment. Rest assured, your data and hard drives will be completely destroyed and the resulting material recycled or disposed of in an environmentally-friendly way. We even provide you with the scanned serial number and a certified Certificate of Destruction (CoD), showing that each hard drive (listed by serial number) has been properly destroyed and disposed of in a manner that meets regulatory standards. Destruction: It’s the Law It’s important to remember that in accordance with HIPAA, GLB, and other regulations that affect many industries, personal information must be completely destroyed. This means that simply erasing a hard drive is not considered an acceptable way to protect your patients’, customers’, or employees’ personal information. Instead, the only way to actually carry out your due diligence is to shred the hard drives in the most effective way possible: using our state-of-the-art technology. Don’t gamble with your most valuable asset: information. Instead, minimize risk by completely destroying your hard drives. Trusting Central Texas Shredding with your hard drive disposal will give you peace of mind knowing that crucial data is destroyed, and you’ll even have a Certificate of Destruction to keep for your records.

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