Shredding at the source—The essential security measure. The F.B.I. estimates that U.S. businesses lose tens of billions of dollars every year due to theft of company data. All the electronic security measures in the world are useless if you’re throwing out confidential hard copies and disks by the truckload. Putting your trust in an outside shredding service to dispose of confidential data for you is not the answer. By outsourcing your company’s document disposal, you effectively relinquish control of the program. The surest way to protect your company from data or identity theft is to shred sensitive documents at the source–in the tempered steel cutting heads of a Destroyit® business shredder. Proper destruction of information is a necessary business activity. Today, all companies share the same risks. Identity theft is America’s fastest growing crime, affecting an estimated 700,000 people a year in the U.S. alone. Theft of company records is the leading source of identity theft and, by law, the company is responsible for any information about its employees or clients that leaks out. Simply put, failure to shred sensitive documents before they leave your control puts your entire business in jeopardy.