Perhaps nowhere is confidentiality more important than the financial services industry. When an individual's or organization's financial livelihood is at stake, ensuring that information is destroyed in a secure, controlled manner is of the utmost importance. But often times, this concept can prove to be both a point of focus and considerable challenge – that's when it may be time to consider outsourcing the management of its information destruction program to an external vendor.

This case study showcases one financial institution who, after analyzing potential providers, chose Iron Mountain for a number of reasons — most notably, its ability to standardize destruction using industry best practices and a documented chain-of-custody.

With Iron Mountain Secure Shredding, the bank can safely and consistently destroy sensitive documents using services that are available on an ongoing or project-by-project basis. During implementation, Iron Mountain's project team worked closely with the bank to integrate the program with its internal document management and disposal guidelines, enabling it to function as a seamless extension of the bank's existing policies.

The Results:

With the help of Iron Mountain Secure Shredding, the regional financial institution was able to:

• Protect customer confidentiality by destroying information in a standardized, secure manner that complies with internal and external polices
• Save money and drive consistency by consolidating service and program administration with a single vendor
• Extend a commitment to ecological stewardship by destroying sensitive information in a conscientious, green manner
• Optimize the program to better align with budget and business needs by examining usage across the enterprise on an ongoing basis

You can read the rest of their story here.