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Passwords Help Keep Data Secure

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The first step towards keeping your data secure is setting up good passwords. I hate to admit this, but one time I forgot my smart phone at the gym. I had already gotten home and showered before I remembered that I left it on the elliptical machine. The worst part was that I had not set up a password for the phone - so anyone could take my phone and open my emails, access my contacts, and find out a whole lot about me. One simple step could have kept my data secure – setting up a password. … [Read more...]

What’s PII? Personally Identifiable Information

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HIPPA, PII, FCC, OCR…LMNOP! How can anyone keep track of all the acronyms floating around today? It's not enough to know what an acronym stands for, either – if business owners don’t understand how they apply to their business, they could find themselves in hot water PDQ! Let’s start with PII. PII stands for “personally identifiable information”. Organizations are under an obligation to protect the confidentiality of the information they have about people, including … [Read more...]

Is Your Business Data Destruction Compliant?

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Business owners and managers are aware of cyber-attacks that can threaten the security of their in-use data containing devices – their office computers, servers, and websites – and they have safeguards in place to minimize any threat of illegal access. Nowadays many companies are even insuring themselves against cyber-attacks. But did you know that your end of life data containing devices could pose an expensive threat to your business as well? Most of the business owners and managers that we … [Read more...]

What’s New At Data Nukes

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We decided to get a head start on the New Year and make some exciting changes a little early here at Data Nukes. Here’s what’s new… Website Blog Location Services Thanks to Matt Scheafer at Alter Impact for recreating our website into something we believe will be useful to our Data Nukes clients. Our blog will help business owners and managers stay on top of data destruction regulations, security news, compliance issues, technology tips and services provided by Data … [Read more...]