[Dataloss] To fight nondigital data breaches, Iron Mountain touts shredding

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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.

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