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What Should be Included in Your IT Equipment Disposal Policy?

IT equipment is not cheap, but it has become an essential part of conducting business, encompassing everything from communications to secure record-keeping. It allows businesses to interact with customers, carry out secure transactions, and store essential data for future use. Of course, if mishandled, this equipment can also become a major liability. This is why […]
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What is the Disposal of an Asset?

We’ve all become used to high-level data breaches. Over the last few years, we’ve seen retail stores like Best Buy and Target succumb to data breaches that compromise sensitive consumer data, along with health insurance providers like Anthem, credit reporting services like Equifax, and even government agencies. If you think that these breaches only affect […]
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The Basics of Computer Recycling

We live in a world dominated by electronics. The next time you’re in a restaurant, take note of how many people have their faces buried in their phones (you may have to look up from your own). The result of our obsession with technology is that we’re not only surrounded by monitors, mobile devices, and […]
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Types of Data Breaches (Not from Hacking)

When it comes to data breaches, the odds are stacked against us, especially for highly regulated businesses. According to Ponemon, data breaches cost organizations in the U.S. an average of $225 per record compromised. More heavily regulated industries experience higher costs. Healthcare tops the list at $380 per capita, followed by financial services ($336), services […]
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Girls Breaker Day 2018!

Girls Breaker Day invites girls from 5th grade to 10th grade to come take stuff apart! You can bring your own stuff if you want, but we’ll have computers, keyboards, and other stuff to take apart too… and we DO have a purpose… to learn about computers & electronics. Girls Breaker Day is kind of […]
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Managing eWaste at Rental Properties

TVs and electronics become outdated faster than anything else. With people wanting the newest and best, the ‘old’ electronics often get left behind. Property managers in Sioux Falls have to deal with tenants leaving behind everything from Stereos and Speakers, to Televisions and Computers, to Monitors and Microwaves, and everything in between. When it comes to electronic […]
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Windows 7 to Become Obsolete by the End of 2018: Time for a Hardware Refresh

Turnover in technology is nothing new. Ever since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technological advances seem to occur at an ever-quickening pace, as evidenced by the rapid innovations in computing, mobile, and internet technologies over the last few decades. It’s hard to believe that the iPhone debuted just over a decade ago, forever changing […]
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How to Properly Manage Security Threats at Law Firms

While all businesses have legal and ethical obligations to secure consumer data, some industries must also work to protect additional information provided by their clientele. Law firms, in particular, are inundated with information that falls under the protection of attorney-client privilege, which means it must be kept confidential. In other words, law firms have to […]
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Business eWaste…Are you in Compliance?

Home Depot may be one of the most recent companies to make the news for illegally dumping its electronic waste — resulting in a $27 million settlement with their state — but they are certainly not alone when it comes to this careless and unlawful way of getting rid of used computers and equipment. In […]
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