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How To Protect Sensitive Information Stored in Office Equipment

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Businesses of all sizes, types and industries rely on technology to facilitate daily activities that promote productivity, efficiency, and cost savings in the office. As a result, employees are surrounded by equipment, including computers, copiers, scanners, printers, fax machines and …

15 Ways To Protect Your Data While Commuting

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As many offices ease into in-person work – whether full-time or hybrid – more employees are returning to public transit for their daily commute. Without the stressors of traffic congestion and rising fuel costs, the commute is a great time …

How To Protect Your Data in Co-working Spaces

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It’s no secret that the workplace has evolved – and continues to do so – because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors. Traditional working arrangements have been replaced with hybrid and remote models where employees carry out their job …

8 Ways Businesses Can Protect Sensitive Data

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In today’s digital world, keeping sensitive information safe is not as simple as keeping records in a store room. Businesses collect vast amounts of confidential information in physical and digital forms that organizations must protect from data thieves and security …

How Do You Protect Confidential Information in the Workplace?

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In today’s business world, confidential information is abundant and an important obligation for organizations to keep safe. From patient lists and pricing data to employee information, trade secrets and financial reports, companies must uphold their privacy obligations or they can …

Can You Afford a Privacy Breach?

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Privacy breaches are a reality that all organizations need to protect themselves against regardless of industry or size – and it’s an area of business that must not fall into complacency. As the ways in which we work continue to …

Blue-Pencil Survey Shows How COVID-19 is Changing Work

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More than eight months have passed since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and life as we know it has changed immeasurably. Across the country, Canadians have experienced lockdowns, unemployment, remote work and virtual learning, as well as new realities, such …

Remote Work Security Best Practices

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In recent years, working remotely has grown in popularity as a way to achieve a better work/life balance, increase productivity and minimize overhead costs. But with the advent of COVID-19, remote work quickly became a necessity, causing many companies to …

Is your shredding program working? [video]

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Every day, in businesses all over Canada, millions of confidential documents are created. How you dispose of these company documents could put your business at risk. Here’s a fact, in 93% of Canadian companies, employees dispose of information and confidential …

How to Maintain Information Security while Working Remotely

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Employees working from home can put businesses at a greater risk of a security breach. While some businesses have a good enough physical information policies and network security systems in place, many are not aware of the increased risks involved …

Information Destruction Privacy Act Compliance

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PIPEDA is the federal law in Canada that sets ground rules for how private sector organizations may collect, use or disclose information about individuals during commercial activities. All organizations conducting commercial activities in Canada must comply with this law. The …

6 Reasons Why a Document Shredding Policy is Important for Your Business

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Regardless of the industry and the size of your company, we live in an age where all businesses must remain vigilant against information breaches. Confidential business-related data and client and employee information require extra care and attention, especially when being …

Resources

How To Protect Sensitive Information Stored in Office Equipment

15 Ways To Protect Your Data While Commuting

How To Protect Your Data in Co-working Spaces

8 Ways Businesses Can Protect Sensitive Data

How Do You Protect Confidential Information in the Workplace?

Can You Afford a Privacy Breach?

Blue-Pencil Survey Shows How COVID-19 is Changing Work

Remote Work Security Best Practices

Is your shredding program working? [video]

How to Maintain Information Security while Working Remotely

Information Destruction Privacy Act Compliance

6 Reasons Why a Document Shredding Policy is Important for Your Business

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