BY LIZ WITBECK
Document security is an important concern
for offices today. Technology has made it possible
for hackers to breach any electronic information.
Companies are realizing the importance of securing
their information.
3N Document Destruction, at 748 Pierce Road
in Clifton Park, deals with such issues, offering
in-office, or out-of-office solutions.
The Neville family started it as a shredding
company, and over the years have expanded
services to include archiving, confidential destruction
of documents, documentation storage
and electronic data storage.
Today, shredding is still the most popular
service, the owners said. 3N Document Destruction
is able to travel to a business site and pick
up materials to be disposed of. The company
travels to 60 to 80 client sites every week, and
operates within a 30 mile radius of Clifton Park,
said the Nevilles.
Shredding is able to be done on a schedule that
fits the needs of a business. Some clients have
documents shredded every week, while others
shred a couple times each year.
They said documents are taken to an AAA certified
shredding site, the only site of such
certification within 150 miles. Security cameras
are on the premises. All documents are destroyed,
then recycled, per government mandate. Each
employee at 3N Document Destruction has received a thorough criminal background check
to further ensure safety.
Dave Neville said government laws such as
HIPAA and FACTA have put pressures on companies
in regard to protecting the confidentiality of
some types of information.
“Now it is required by anyone who uses people’s
information to protect that information,” he said.
One of the other services that is provided at 3N
Document Destruction is the storage of electronic
data on tapes. All tapes are kept in a climate
controlled vault.
“The problem with putting your information
on the cloud is that people are stealing data. The
data is on a tape instead of the internet, so it can’t
be hacked,”said Neville.
He said some clients are sole proprietors, while
others are large companies with thousands of employees.
Clients include companies in the health
care, law, and manufacturing fields.
Neville said the choice for protecting a customer’s
information is clear: The cost you pay for
these services is a lot less than what you would
pay if there is a leak in security.
“If there’s a breach and it can be linked to your
company, there’s huge fines to pay and jail time
involved” said Neville. “The prices with us can
be as low as a dollar a day, versus thousands of
dollars in fines.”
To learn more about 3N Document Destruction
and the services it can provide, call 877-4060