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Special report

Shredding

the market

A shake-up in the t would not be stretching a machine is graded by. There sophisticated models that, once
Ipun too far to say that that the were originally five of these, to again, have been introduced to
way shredders are world of office shredders is itself cover everything from machines reassure customers’ increasing

graded could help going through a bit of shredding which simply shred documents concerns about security.
at the moment. Much of this into long thin strips (no longer The new system also includes
refocus customers’ is down to the fact that the deemed secure enough for three protection classes, which
attention on the German DIN standards agency, many business operations) are designed to guide customers
into making the right choices
through machines which cross-
whose standards have become
need for tighter the de facto international cut as well, to machines which about what shredder they
measurement of a shredding were capable of micro-cuts should be buying.
security machine’s effectiveness, has and super micro-cuts as well as
chosen to restructure its machines which can shred USB Positive
standards systems to take keys, floppy discs, CDs and hard Legge thinks the new
account of new material that drives. development is a positive one.
now needs shredding, such as Now the range of standards “Over the past ten years there
USBs and hard drives, and to pay has been extended to seven. has been a huge expansion in
heed to the increasing public According to Marc Legge, UK the types of data stored, and the
concern over identity fraud and Marketing Manager for Duplo, system was no longer suitable
industrial espionage. which distributes the IDEAL for what is required,” he says.
Although the changes are still range of shredders, five of the The new arrangement “sounds
coming through, and will not seven roughly equate to the five complicated”, he adds. “But it
be complete until January 2013, old standards, with new levels is actually very effective and
the main developments have being introduced at Level 4, in reflects the fact that the market
included an enlargement of the the middle of the range, and is becoming ever more digitised.”
different security levels that each Level 7, to cater for the ultra- Whatever the new system’s

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