By Ben Rothke

Have you heard of NAID? Ben Rothke says those four letters are important to your organization’s ability to deliver security, privacy, and compliance.

Here is what seems to be an easy financial decision. Your company needs to find a firm for your document and media destruction needs.

After doing research, you find two of the major players that each come in around $3,000- per month. You also find a few local firms that will perform what seems to be the same service for $750- per month. You don’t have to be a financial wizard to make what seems to be a no-brainer of a decision—go with the cheaper local player.

Unfortunately, that would be a huge mistake and could end up costing orders of magnitude more in the long run.

Why you need NAID when considering data destruction (full article)