The Absolute IT Asset Disposal Blog

Any incident with IT security is a serious one. As such, it’s important to consider how these kinds of incidents will be handled when they occur, and plan for them accordingly. The first step in this kind of strategy is to have a clear definition of what constitutes an IT security incident.

There can be a range of confusing choices when the time comes to get rid of your company’s e-waste. E-waste includes items like mobile phones, laptops and even printers and fax machines. You can resell these products, take them to a local recycling depot, re purpose them or destroy them, but which choice is best?

Thanks to technology’s rapid evolution, security risks are more prevalent now than they’ve ever been. It is true that sophisticated software has been created to answer those risks, but is it enough to solve the problem? One of the most effective solutions to security risks is actually very low-tech; it’s the culture in your company.

Flood damage has cost the UK around £1.1 billion so in 2015/16, with projected annual costs expected to be as high as £27 billion in just 60 years’ time. Weather events like floods can happen any time, and if you don’t have a strategy in place for protecting your data, you could be looking at significant time and money losses when the next flood occurs.

Data is produced by businesses at an exponential rate, with estimates that the aggregate volume doubles every two years. This makes it imperative that all data is accounted for from the time it is created to the end of its useful life.

Your office may be undergoing a redecoration or renovation, or you may have just recently moved your company to a different city. Any big changes like these are usually accompanied by a significant ‘purge’ of equipment or other items, which may no longer be needed. While this can save your company a lot of money and time, you must be sure you’re doing it right.

Can your business continue if disaster strikes? Having an effective plan to protect your sensitive data in the event of a disaster is a necessary part of any IT data security strategy. Unfortunately, there are many grey areas of data protection that can threaten a solid plan. For example, it may be difficult to define which data is important and which is urgent. This article will provide tips on...

You may be keeping your sensitive data out of sight, ensuring all old computers are properly disposed of, and only retaining necessary business records. This means your company is perfectly secure. Or does it? The truth is that there’s one way that your company data could be being exposed to many: via your employee ID cards.

There are many ways to ensure the security of your office data. Data erasure and destruction companies like Absolute IT are a definite asset to your business, ensuring the complete destruction of any sensitive information that may be held at your location. They are not the only steps you can take to ensure data security, however.

As an IT manager, one of your greatest challenges are colleagues who perhaps may not realise the importance of data security. One way to streamline this process is to ensure that it is a connected one that’s well integrated with the steps the IT department is already taking. Considering that costly data breaches have affected a lot of large companies over the past year, it is crucial to ensure...