Don't feed the Dumpster Divers!

by Skeleton Star

There are people, known as "Dumpster Divers", who go through dumpsters looking for information about their competitors. They are out there waiting for people to be careless.

Waste disposal is probably one of the most overlooked areas of Information Protection.

We spend a lot of time and money protecting our information while it resides IN the computer, but do not think about protecting it once it is OUT on other media.

All sensitive information should be classified, appropriately labeled, and controlled according to its degree of sensitivity.

Most companies have an Employee Handbook or an Employee Code of Conduct that states "no sensitive information shall be disclosed to non-employees without due authorization." In addition, such information should not be disclosed even to other company employees unless a need to know has been established.

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When sensitive information is no longer required, including information given to third parties, it must be disposed of appropriately. Shredding or incinerating are the appropriate methods. Do not dispose of sensitive material in the office trash or recycling bins. Follow these guidelines:

• Magnetic materials should be shredded, crushed, demagnetized, or otherwise physically destroyed.
• Telephone directories should be shredded or incinerated.
• Outdated manuals, documentation, and procedural guides should be handled in the same manner as any sensitive materials.
• Paper should be disposed of by shredding, pulping, pulverizing, or burning.
• Ribbons should be recycled sufficiently to make the information unreadable.

The Dumpster Divers are hungry. DON'T feed them your data!

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Skeleton Star is a business whose tagline is: "Providing Business Essentials... Making B2B Easy." Skeleton Star owns and operates several web sites of which the following is key to new entrepreneurs: Business Practices.

The author of this article, at one time, was an IT Staff Auditor for a Fortune 10 company, and later managed the global Information Security Program for the Information Technology organization that supported a Fortune 10 company. Reprinting and republishing of this article is granted only with the above credit included. Permission to reprint or republish does not waive any copyright or other rights.

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