‘Paper Shredders’ Archives
Today’s Most Dangerous Tech Products
The advancement of technology has helped us tremendously for decades, in both a practical and leisurely sense. But tech products have also been proven to be quite dangerous. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), tech products are hazardous and can result in injury and even death. So what's the #1 most dangerous tech [...]
What to Do with Shredded Paper
In an increasingly paperless world, many institutions still find paper to be a necessary component in day-to-day functions. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), we use about 68 million tons of paper and paperboard each year. This includes the 2 billion books, 350 million magazines and 24 billion newspapers published. [...]
NSA/CSS EPL 02-01-AB – High Security Shredders (update)
NSA/CSS 02-01-ab List - High Security Shredders The Mono Machines listing of the Evaluated Products List (EPL 02-01) was updated on October 29, 2010 (NSA/CSS EPL-02-01-AB). The latest EPL has a listing of high security shredders that have been evaluated by the National Security Agency (NSA). All meet the performance requirements of NSA/CSS [...]
Go Green with your Shredder for Easter
With Easter just a week away, it seemed appropriate to take a break from discussing identity theft and identity security related legislation for something a little more light-hearted. If you'll be making up some Easter baskets this week, why not further embrace the thoughts of spring and renewal by going green with your basket... using your [...]
Newest Methods of Identity Theft Target Tax Refunds and ATMs
We've covered quite bit about preventing identity theft over the past several months on the Mono Blog, but now we have breaking news on the newest methods con-artists are using. Here are two of the newest along with steps you can take to protect yourself: From "How to Spot and Prevent Tax Identity Theft" by Elisabeth Leamy with ABC [...]
Shedding Light on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
In the continuing battle against identity theft countless security standards have been established for industries that handle and hold high risk customer data. While some came about through Acts of Congress and are highly visible and well known, others have been established by the industries themselves and for these the guidelines can be more [...]
Fellowes Releases New Rebates for Second Quarter 2011
International office machine giant Fellowes has released new rebates for several of their products for the second quarter of 2011. These rebates will begin on April 1st, 2011 and run through June 30th. Here is a list of the great savings to be had over the next three months. $30 Fellowes Venus VL-125 Laminator Fellowes Quasar 500 Comb [...]
Enforcement of HIPAA Intensified
We recently discussed the history and requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. In the discussion we talked briefly about the severity of the fines for breaking the rules set forth by the Act. While from the last article we already know what the requirements are, we did not get into specifics about the [...]
Why It’s Important to Oil Your Shredder
Here at Mono we don't just know shredders, we eat, sleep and breathe them. One of things we've found is that most of our customers that are new to shredding, or maybe had bad luck with a previous shredder, aren't familiar with the maintenance required to keep them running in top shape. This maintenance is both critical, and quite simple. [...]
Finding Facts about FACTA
Yesterday on the Mono blog we started a two part series on HIPAA and FACTA regulations regarding proper disposal of secure documents and data. Today we'll be going over the destruction requirements of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, or FACTA. Passed by the United States Congress on November 22nd, 2003, FACTA contains seven [...]
