I have written several article about the security risks of shredders. The latest victim to think that employees will assign themselves the drudgery of shredding is Labor for Hire in Lake Worth, Florida. Boxes full of their customer's information was found in a dumpster behind the office.

According to company owner, Vern Vokus, "This individual walked past the shredder walked into the dumpster with the trash bag and threw it out." It is no surprise to me as this is a tale repeated many times a month. Every shredding program must have documentation. This can either be done by having a manager supervise the entire shredding process or hire a shredding service who will provide the documentation. It is hard to think how paying two people to shred can save any money over a service with a machine that will do 5,000 pounds an hour.