July 19, 2010

Information Destruction Requirements and Techniques

Ben Rothke, CISSP, PCI QSA

Organizations need to keep information such as employee personnel records, financial statements, contracts and leases, and similar documents in a secure place. In today's litigious environment, there are a plethora of aggressive lawyers that would love to devour your organization for failure to take due care around document and media destruction. This article looks at the key areas to ensure that your organization does not fall prey to such lawyers when it comes to the physical destruction of documents and records.