Sensitive documents like credit card statements, personal records and bank statements need to be periodically destroyed to save storage space. These documents can be classified under "quality of service" issues, as these are all data relating to personal matters.
Shredding such documents has been widely done, but these methods have come under a microscope in the recent past. The cross cut shredder is the preferred device over the strip cut shredder as the former converts the documents into tiny pieces that can not be put back together.
The latter is used for destroying less sensitive documents, as criminals are quite capable of pasting together strip cut shredded documents.
A cross cut shredder is designed with twin rotating shafts which rotate in tandem. Cutter disks are attached to each shaft, to mutually mesh. This type of design is very effective in reducing sheets of paper into tiny bits and offers a higher degree of security and protection than the strip cut method.
Cross cut shredders not being more expensive than strip cut ones, according to reviewers, it is a wiser option to choose the former to effect added security and protection. Reviews also point out that cross cut shredders are the better option for the quality of the cut, smaller size of the waste particles and the price.
Due to more effective destruction, cross cut shredders are considered to be more secure than the strip cut shredder. Due to this reason, they are the preferred choice for the government, armed forces and other institutions that store sensitive and secure data on documents, CDs and floppy discs.
Waste produced using the cross cut shredders is not only secure, it is more compact than the waste produced by the strip cut shredder.
Disposal is simpler and also makes it impossible for identity thieves to reassemble shredded documents. Strip cut shredders shred more volume, but cross cut shredders offer greater security.
Cross cut shredders are also called confetti cut shredders. Whatever the nomenclature, they are the more popular of the two types available. The most important factor is of course, the impossibility of the shredded documents ever being restored.
Crosscut shredders are more economical as they use less number of waste collection bags than for the strip cut version. Cross cut shredders however need more frequent lubrication and regular reverse running to remove any waste that may adhere on the blades.
Theft of identity and corporate espionage becoming major issues, disposal of documents assumes serious dimensions. Even contents of trash bins, not legally protected, are not immune to prying eyes with intentions of gathering intelligence about individuals or businesses.
Cross cut paper shredders destroy documents so well that it is impossible to reassemble them. Reviewers highly recommend them for personal, home and businesses of any size.
