Electronics Recycling: Why Should I Recycle?
Electronics Recycling: Why Should I Recycle? Part One of our new Tuesday series on recycling electronics is dedicated to the individual, and how recycling your personal electronics can help the environment. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, Americans now own approximately 24 electronic products per household. Constant technology upgrades mean most products become outdated in […]
ISO 27001: What Does It Mean & Why is it Important?
ISO 27001: What Does It Mean & Why is it Important? [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] We’re proud to announce that TechR2 has received ISO 27001 Certification. We’re very excited about this step forward, but what does it all mean? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provides globally recognized management standards to the electronics recycling industry on […]
Tear-A-Byte®, The patented exclusive onsite data eradication solution by TechR2
Tear-A-Byte®, The patented exclusive onsite data eradication solution by TechR2 Do you know where your hard drives go at night? The #1 cause of large-scale data breaches is the loss of data-bearing media. Data breaches have become a major concern in every business and industry, from healthcare to education, banking to retail, costing a company […]
Top 5 Ways to Ensure Data Security
Top 5 Ways to Ensure Data Security According to NIST 800-88 guidelines, it is critical that a business or organization, maintain a record of its data destruction to track the “who, what, when, where, why” of how the data was retired. Only a clear record of proper disposal can protect a business from the harm […]
The High Cost of "Free" Data Destruction
The High Cost of “Free” Data Destruction IT asset disposal made headlines around the world last week when the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined NHS Surrey £200,000 (about $300,000) over loss of secret data of more than 3,000 patients. According to the data watchdog, thousands of patient records were discovered on a second-hand NHS […]
Lessons Learned at Business of Security Event
Lessons Learned at Business of Security Event Last week members of the TechR2 team had the opportunity to interact with a group of seasoned Information Security leaders at a Business of Security networking event. We had a great time learning from special guests: Cindi Hart, Kim L. Jones, Kent King, Larry Mead, Mike Scott, and […]
Make Everyday "Earth Day" by Recycling with TechR2
Make Everyday “Earth Day” by Recycling with TechR2 Earth Day may not be until April 22 but your business or nonprofit can start taking steps to become environmentally responsible today by hosting a TechR2 recycling event. Here at TechR2 we made a commitment to honor the environment in all aspects of our business, that’s why […]
Retiring point of sale terminals? Protect your data.
Retiring point of sale terminals? Protect your data. We’ve all been to the grocery store, tried to sign the screen for our credit card purchase, and watched as our careful signature is rendered as an illegible scrawl. In-store credit card terminals and point of sale (POS) terminals don’t last forever. But what happens when they […]
Back to School: Is your student data safe?
Back to School: Is your student data safe? Families everywhere are preparing their students to go back to school, and the schools themselves are preparing themselves for the student invasion. But are schools prepared for the student data security challenges? Anyone who has a student knows that sensitive data, such as social security numbers and […]
FTC Alleges Data Breach: Is your medical data secure?
FTC Alleges Data Breach: Is your medical data secure? It was a double whammy for the medical data company. LabMD, a medical laboratory, had exposed the personal information of nearly 10,000 of its customers on a file-sharing network, according to an article published recently on CIO.com. The misstep doesn’t necessarily mean that the information was […]