Pacific Northwest Shredding, Inc., is NAID® AAA Certified

Who is NAID®?

NAID is the international trade association for companies providing information destruction services. NAID’s mission is to promote security and govern its members, their standards, and their code of ethics.

What does AAA NAID® Certification mean?

The National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) enforces the highest standard of security for document destruction companies. NAID ensures all procedures surpass strict security guidelines before they grant certification.

Criteria for AAA NAID® Certification

NAID endorses Pacific Northwest Shredding, Inc., because of our techniques and dedication to your security. Some of the reasons why NAID has certified and stands behind Pacific Northwest Shredding, Inc., are because we:

• Conduct background checks prior to hiring new employees
• Conduct a criminal record search on a county-by-county basis in each county the new employee has resided in the previous seven years.
• Verify employment of new applicants for the previous seven years.
• Conduct drug screening on new employees at the time of hiring and random drug screening of all employees
• Require new employees to sign confidentiality agreements
• Require drivers to meet all applicable licensing requirements
• Secure all customer materials from unauthorized access before destruction
• Ensure all customer materials are contained during file transfer from customer custody to destruction vehicle to prevent loss from wind or other atmospheric conditions
• Maintain written policies and procedures for drivers and assisting employees
• Require employees to wear uniforms and picture ID badges
• Ensure all customer materials remain secured and in the control and custody of the NAID member company agent until destroyed by shredding equipment
• Require all mobile shredding vehicles meet USDOT regulations and have lockable cabs and cargo areas.
• Require all paper shredded meets OEM specifications of 5/8” cutter width or less
• Maintain general liability insurance of $2 million
• Conduct comprehensive third party background checks on owners and officers of our own company

Unannounced Audits, the ultimate test

“The Criteria for NAID AAA Certification is only the beginning. Taking it a step further, in 2010, NAID hired 3rd party auditors to randomly conduct unannounced audits upon secure destruction service providers to test their operational security; which ultimately puts any NAID Certified company in hot water should they not be operating in accordance to the certification program and be noncompliant. This aspect of NAID Certification proved to be one of the most important to the Service provider and the most beneficial to the customer. To learn more about the NAID AAA Certification Program, see NAID AAA Certification: Beyond the Claims and Promises.”