Records and information management
Secure shredding services
Destroy your paper-based records securely in a safe and compliant way
Talk to our Solutions ExpertSecure shredding services for document destruction
The risk of exposing confidential records can prove costly for your business.
Ensuring confidential information stays secure is a priority for every business. Aligning document disposal methods with efforts to increase sustainability practices, companies turn to secure shredding services.
Employee records, customer account information, and other sensitive data need to be protected and destroyed securely. This is where Iron Mountain's secure document destruction expertise comes in. We offer a range of services, including secure document shredding services and document disposal services, to ensure your confidential information is handled with the utmost care.
To avoid the potential for identity theft and the costly fines associated with a data breach or exposure of confidential documents, organisations often destroy eligible records. Choosing a reliable document shredding service is crucial for maintaining compliance and protecting your reputation.
Companies that specialise in the destruction of information operate in different ways. As such, it is important to consider the method that best suits your business needs. Whether you require document shredding or secure document disposal, Iron Mountain has a solution for you.
Shred your documents with Iron Mountain
With Iron Mountain's secure document destruction and shredding solutions, your business can ensure the safe, reliable and cost-effective destruction of sensitive information. Whether you choose our offsite shredding services on a one-time or recurring basis, our specialists provide a clear line of sight into the processes and procedures that not only destroy the necessary information but adhere to regulations and policies your business may not even be aware of.
Our secure document destruction bins and containers are placed in your workplace for convenient disposal of confidential materials. Our specialists will then collect and transport your sensitive documents and materials to our secure destruction centre at regularly scheduled intervals. Our proprietary procedures and commercial grade equipment ensure the destruction of your sensitive materials is carried out quickly and effectively. This process ensures secure document disposal and gives you peace of mind knowing your information is handled responsibly.
Why shred?
Our industry expertise
Iron Mountain offers comprehensive solutions across digital transformation, asset lifecycle management (ALM), and data and record storage. Our services include document storage, shredding, and scanning, Iron Cloud data management, IT Asset Disposition (ITAD), and the development of retention policies.
We serve a variety of sectors, from banking and healthcare to small businesses and the public sector, helping protect data, ensure compliance, and simplify information management.
Explore how we can assist in your industry:
Healthcare services
With Iron Mountain, healthcare organisations secure, digitise, and manage data. In turn, they ensure compliance, enhance care, and reduce costs.
Small business solutions
Return to doing what you love; we’ll take over the bulk of your records management process
Financial services
From legacy records management to secure offsite access, leverage our wealth of expertise
We recycle all by-product materials and provide a certificate of destruction for your records.
This is part of our commitment to providing environmentally friendly document disposal service and secure document destruction. If your business requires a one-time shredding solution, our special project destruction service offers a fully customisable option for the destruction of specific, time-sensitive information. All of our special project destruction services are carried out with the same level of security and reliability found in our recurring services.
When it comes to destroying your confidential information, Iron Mountain offers a customisable, shred-all solution. For information on how our environmentally conscious, regulatory-compliant protocols can take the burden of document disposal off your hands, contact us today.
Why choose a secure shredding service?
A secure document disposal and shredding service provides a comprehensive, efficient, and environmentally friendly solution for secure document destruction. By outsourcing the destruction of your sensitive documents, you’re safeguarding confidential information and ensuring your reputation is protected.
Iron Mountain’s document shredding services also enable your organisation to save on the storage space and maintenance costs associated with housing paper copies of records that could easily be transferred to digital sources and then subsequently destroyed.
By enlisting a secure document disposal and shredding service, you’ll ensure that your business can:
Ensure destruction compliance
Avoid data breach penalties
Support eco-friendly disposal
Pick a reliable document shredding policy
Regardless of the service you select, document destruction solutions provide safe, efficient solutions for your business. By removing the labour and costs associated with such a monotonous and time-intensive task, you’ll free up resources, manpower and space. Whatever your needs and budget — Iron Mountain has a document shredding service designed to help save you the time, effort and headache of managing secure document destruction on your own. Determine if Iron Mountain’s document storage service is right for you by talking to one of our Customer Service representatives.
When considering a document destruction solution for your business, there are numerous important factors to consider. Selective shredding vs. shred-all systems:
Selective Shred
Selective document shredding services can be effective if there are only certain documents that need to be destroyed, but this option comes with several caveats:
- You’ll have to rely on your employees to decide what gets destroyed.
- You’ll need to create your own guidelines and ensure they comply with both compliance and environmental laws.
- You’ll have to spend time training your employees on what should and shouldn’t be destroyed, and how to destroy documents securely.
- Your office shredders may not be able to handle the volume of materials that need to be destroyed.
- You’ll need to monitor contents that are placed in trash or recycling bins. You may also need secure document destruction bins and document destruction bins.
Selective Shred: Dispose of your selected documents securely
Securely shred only the documents you need to remain compliant and safeguard sensitive files.
Shred-All
Shred-All secure document disposal is the most straightforward option, and a viable one if processing internally. It instructs employees to securely shred all relevant information no longer required by compliance law, as opposed to placing it in the trash.
- The Shred-All option removes the burden of deciding which documents to shred from employees, eliminating any worry about leaving sensitive information behind.
- Although this is a somewhat straightforward option, it requires that your business has equipment like shredding machines that are easily accessible to all employees and that the shredders are resilient enough to withstand the bulk document shredding requirements associated with the destruction of large quantities of confidential documents. You may also need document destruction bins, including secure ones, readily available.
Shred-All: Secure Disposal Made Easy
No sorting—just shred it all. Stay compliant and protect sensitive info effortlessly.
Related resources
View more resources
PremiumWhitepaper
Information transformation: Your best defence against a data breach
Data is now regarded as the world’s most valuable resource.
10 November 2023
PremiumWhitepaper
Iron Mountain's role in the digital transformation value chain
While many solutions are available from the intelligent document processing (IDP) market, organisations must consider scalability, security, integration with third-party software, and the depth of vendor experience. This research brief will explore Iron Mountain's role in the IDP market. Further, we will explore the company's roots in data management and how this deep experience helps it deliver differentiated solutions.
31 May 2023
We're here to help.
Contact us
Fill out this form and an Iron Mountain specialist will contact you within one business day.
Login
Log in to your account or learn how to create one.
Support centre
Our Customer Support Centre can help provide you with the quickest answers to your questions.
Call sales
Connect with one of our knowledgeable representatives to address your specific solution needs.