Thursday, August 25, 2011
Festive Greetings!
MyShred Mobile would like to wish all 'Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri' and 'Happy Merdeka Day'!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
PROMOTION FOR 'HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI'!!
In conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri, MyShred Mobile would like to offer a super special discount to our existing and new clients from now until September 2011. CALL OR EMAIL US NOW TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Ramadhan Greetings
Myshred Mobile would like to wish all Muslims in Malaysia and around the world a 'Happy Ramadhan'.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Brief History On Shredding
Shredding documents is nothing new and has been around for some time. With the invention of papyrus in 4000 B.C., the need to destroy documents began. Before that time, cave drawings and stone tablets made it impossible to shred much of anything. The Egyptians used papyrus as paper for writing documents. When a mistake was made, or information needed to be destroyed, the papyrus was torn up manually.
Since then, shredding has come a long way. The first machine-run shredder began in Germany in 1935. Using kitchen tools as his inspiration, Adolf Ehinger created a device that would make disposed paper unreadable. Adolf printed anti-Nazi material. When he was confronted about some literature in his garbage can, he decided he needed to do something to eliminate sensitive material.
His biggest inspiration came from a hand-cranked pasta maker, commonly used during that time period. With that in mind, he created a hand-cranked shredder that sat in a wooden frame. It had an opening big enough to handle normal paper. He later created one with an electric motor. People laughed at his device and thought it was pointless. During the 1940s, he sold the shredders to different governments and embassies.
Thanks to the Cold War, his device grew in popularity during the 1950s. In 1959, his company (EBA Maschinenfabrik) created the first cross cut shredder. Cross cut shredders take paper and not only cut it into strips, but cuts it in multiple directions to create confetti. Krug & Priester purchased the company in 1998. Paper shredders were typically only used by government entities from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Years before Adlof Ehinger created the shredder; A.A. Low patented the idea of a paper shredder. A.A. Low was from New York City. In 1908, Low patented the “Waste Paper Receptacle.” Lowe’s Waste Paper Receptacle included a feeder and blades. It could use either a hand crank or a motor to operate. It also compacted the shredded paper. He designed it for use in banks, counting houses, offices and more. After his death in 1912, his inventions where auctioned off and were forgotten. Low was second only to Thomas Edison with his patents.
Shredders have played an important role in history. Shredders are sometimes associated with the term “Cover-Up.” The Nixon re-election committee used a Fellowes paper shredder during Watergate. Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North used an Intimus 007-S shredder to shred documents during the Iran-Contra scandal. Cross cut shredders grew in popularity in 1979 after the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun by Iranian militants. Documents at the embassy where only strip-cut, allowing the pieces to be pieced back together by Persian carpet weavers. Due to the Iran incident, the US government now requires strict shredding conditions.
(Resources: http://www.paper-shredder-info.com/history-of-shredding.htm)
(Resources: http://www.paper-shredder-info.com/history-of-shredding.htm)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
New Department To Oversee Implementation Of Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- A new department is being established under the Information Communication and Culture Ministry to oversee the Implementation of the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010, scheduled to be enforced early next year.
Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said the new department was targeted to be operational by next year or earlier.
"As you know, to establish the department, we need to do everything right and this will take time," he told a press conference after the launch of the Information Security Summit 2011, here, today.
He said there was an urgent need for the government to establish personal data protection laws as there were a total of 17 million Internet users in the country.
"More than 58 per cent household broadband penetration is also a factor for drawing up the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010.
"Prior to the implementation of this Act, personal data is only bound by contractual agreement or common law."
Salang said the implementation of the Act would significantly alter the way personal data is collected, processed, stored and transmitted between individuals and commercial organisations in Malaysia.
"The givers will be able to dictate how their data is being used by a third party, as well as have clearly defined rights to access and correct their personal data.
"I admit that our digital infrastructure is still in its infancy and years behind the more mature infrastructure of digital goliaths such as the United States.
"But our digital infrastructure has a sound foundation through the establishment of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and is reinforced by the commitment of the government to continually improve and upgrade our system through cooperation and smart partnership with the private sector," he added.
About 140 participants from the government and private sector, government-linked companies and embassies are attending the two-day Information Security Summit from today.
It addresses the key issues and challenges in information security faced by organisations across the industry, namely to integrate security into an effective IT risk management framework, build a security strategy to manage network security, data protection and leakage, and understanding the implications and guidelines to comply with the Privacy Data Protection Act 2010.
--BERNAMA
Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said the new department was targeted to be operational by next year or earlier.
"As you know, to establish the department, we need to do everything right and this will take time," he told a press conference after the launch of the Information Security Summit 2011, here, today.
He said there was an urgent need for the government to establish personal data protection laws as there were a total of 17 million Internet users in the country.
"More than 58 per cent household broadband penetration is also a factor for drawing up the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010.
"Prior to the implementation of this Act, personal data is only bound by contractual agreement or common law."
Salang said the implementation of the Act would significantly alter the way personal data is collected, processed, stored and transmitted between individuals and commercial organisations in Malaysia.
"The givers will be able to dictate how their data is being used by a third party, as well as have clearly defined rights to access and correct their personal data.
"I admit that our digital infrastructure is still in its infancy and years behind the more mature infrastructure of digital goliaths such as the United States.
"But our digital infrastructure has a sound foundation through the establishment of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and is reinforced by the commitment of the government to continually improve and upgrade our system through cooperation and smart partnership with the private sector," he added.
About 140 participants from the government and private sector, government-linked companies and embassies are attending the two-day Information Security Summit from today.
It addresses the key issues and challenges in information security faced by organisations across the industry, namely to integrate security into an effective IT risk management framework, build a security strategy to manage network security, data protection and leakage, and understanding the implications and guidelines to comply with the Privacy Data Protection Act 2010.
--BERNAMA
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