THE RR BLOG

Four small wooden block each with a different letter spelling out the words "RISK." A small measuring tape is being stretched out above the blocks.

Data Breach Risk: Paper Records vs. Digital Records

I overheard someone say, “Electronic records are safer than paper records because you can’t encrypt paper.” There’s a ...
Read More
Scissors cutting through a one hundred dollar bill.

6 Ways to Cut Your Document Shredding Costs

It may seem like a no-brainer to think that shredding your own documents by using an inexpensive office ...
Read More
A close up of the inside of a clock and the word "outsourcing" is printed on one of the gears

How You Know It’s Time to Outsource Your Shredding

Hopefully, your company has always embraced the necessity of shredding documents. As your business has grown, the number ...
Read More
A person looking confused in front of a chalkboard with curvy and curly arrows point in all directions.

Choosing a Product Destruction Provider

A product destruction service offers secure destruction of trademarked products, uniforms, ID badges, and other obsolete, discontinued, recalled, ...
Read More
A person in a suit holding a clipboard and signing a document that is on it.

Why Process and Verification Matters in Information Disposal

When you consider the need to have paper or media destroyed, you often just think of the simple ...
Read More
A person with their hand against their forehead and a shocked expression on their face. they are standing against a bold teal background.

4 Documents You Forgot to Shred

One way I’ve solved the mystery of what to shred and what not to shred is to simply ...
Read More
Three white 3-ring binders sitting on a stack of documents on a desk.

What You Should Be Shredding and Why

As seen in The Metro Buzz, FranklinIs, Murfreesboro Voice, On Target News and the Tennessean. It’s the time ...
Read More

Richards & Richards Acquires Clarksville Shredding Company

Purchase will allow secure shredding company to expand offerings in low-service areas. Nashville-based Richards & Richards Secure Shredding ...
Read More
A black notebook withe words "Policies and Procedures" in bold yellow letters.

4 Signs Your Document Disposal Policy Needs Work

Is your current document disposal policy whatever the previous employee verbally passed on to the new employee during ...
Read More
A smiling person working on a laptop in a kitchen representing working from home.

Information Security for Home Offices of Small Business

A Stanford University study estimates that about 42 percent of the U.S. labor force is now working from home ...
Read More
A person holding multiple receipts at a desk with other documents.

The Benefits of Residential Shredding

Curbside trash and recycling bins are magnets for identity thieves. Anything that is discarded in them is free ...
Read More
A person with a pink blazer holding an open laptop

Answers to Your Data Destruction Questions

Just as it is important to have document shredding policy, having a solution for destroying your digital data ...
Read More