Bee'ah helping to protect UAE businesses from confidential data and identity theft

"Often victims do not know how their personal information was leaked. Improper disposal of documents containing sensitive information is the main reason and a serious threat, which can potentially jeopardise national security and a contributor to massive financial losses for companies and individuals," commented Mr. Najib Faris, Vice President of Business Development, Communications& Awareness at Bee'ah.

"Organisations face a significant challenge - how to dispose of their outdated storage media in a secure and safe manner. By eliminating this storage space provides companies with the opportunity to upgrade their equipment and software, create new office space,however it also poses a hazard. Among them is the fact that traces of deleted data may still exist in the memory of these devices."

Bee'ah - the Middle East's leading integrated and award winning environmental and waste management company - provides businesses in the UAE with proper document and data disposal procedures through Bee'ah's Confidential Document & Data Destruction and Recycling Service, to help reduce incidents of data theft and security breach.To date, more than 1,750 tonnes of confidential documents have been safely disposed of and recycled during the past three years by Bee'ah's on-site support as well as off-site destruction team.

"Every business and government entity regardless of its size possesses confidential information, be it client information, proprietary information, employee information, private information stored on paper or electronic media such as HDDs, back-up tapes, CDs, DVDs, SIM cards. We at Bee'ah are committed to ensureour clients that their confidential information is handled and destroyed in a timely, secure, professional, and environmentally safe manner," said Mr. Najib Faris.

"Bee'ah provides secured confidential document, records, and materials destruction using state-of-the-art mobile shredding trucks that ensure total destruction and safeguard of confidential materials. We also guarantee our clients that all documents that are destroyed are unreadable and unrecoverable and as such we provide certificates of destruction as proof." He added.

Bee'ah's Confidential Document Destruction and Recycling service is a safe, secure and environmentally responsible procedure available to companies, complying with international standards.

The division offers a number of services, including regular and one-time pickup, drop-off, and witnessed destruction; handling a variety of media, from paper to electronics to plastics.

All shredded material is recycled and on completion a certificate is issued confirming the secure destruction and recycling of documents.

Bee'ah is currently servicing more than 100 clients in different Emirates including major banks, insurance, legal, logistics, education, hospitality, telecommunication, medical and retail.

Since the launch of the service in 2009, Bee'ah has issued 2,000 certificates to its clients which state the equivalent number of trees saved due to the service, totalling more than 25,000 trees.