The NAID “AAA” Certification standards are as follows:
Employee Hiring and Screening
- Employees must produce a law enforcement clearance, which is kept on file. There is also a seven-year employment history on file.
- All employees must sign a confidentiality agreement before employment begins.
- All drivers must meet all state licensing requirements.
- Employees are drug screened at the time of hire and randomly screened throughout the year.
- Comprehensive third party (private investigative firm) background checks and credit reports are performed on each employee.
Facility Security
- All non-employees entering the facility must sign a log with their name, time-in, affiliation, and
time-out (records are kept for 12 months).
- There is a secure area within the operation that is devoted only to the process of destroying material (Allshred Services’ entire facility is treated as a secure area).
- Unauthorized access to the destruction facility is prevented (No access to Allshred’s facility is allowed unless escorted by an Allshred employee
(no non-employee is left unattended).
- Materials are always attended by a company employee or physically secured from unauthorized access before destruction.
- All materials are contained during removal from customer to transportation vehicle to prevent loss from wind and inclement weather and from prying eyes.
- Written policies for drivers and processing employees must be in place.
- Drivers, helpers and processing employees wear company uniforms and photo ID badges to aid in their identity.
- There is an audible, monitored alarm system in place and utilized when the building is unoccupied.
- Closed circuit
video monitors the ingress and egress from the building, monitors
activity in the building at all times, and all monitoring data is
maintained for 90 days.
The Destruction Process
- All vehicles have applicable government inspections, registration and insurance.
- All vehicles have lockable/securable cabs and lockable/securable enclosed boxes.
- Paper is destroyed by equipment that reduces the paper to a particle size that is no wider than 5/8” shred width (industry standard).
- Standard operating practice dictates that all media is destroyed within two weeks of acceptance
(Allshred destroys the same day of acceptance).
Insurance & Company Profile
- General Liability Insurance of $500,000 or more is maintained (Allshred carries
$1,000,000 General Liability as well as $3,000,000 umbrella policy).
- Company in business for at least five years (Allshred has been in business
since 1989).
- (Allshred also has
a $1,000,000 Employee Dishonesty policy and $1,000,000 of
Professional Liability Insurance).
In addition
- All marketing materials are inspected to check for misleading advertising.
- An independent physical inspection is performed by
Certified Protection Professionals (CPP’s), certified by the
American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) to ensure compliance
with all criteria.
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