Why E-waste Should be at the Forefront of a Company’s Cybersecurity Plan
Article Source: Huffington PostElectronic waste is a huge problem that the world has to deal with. Every aspect of human existence is now invaded by electronic devices-TVs, servers, phones, refrigerators, and the rest. This has led to an unprecedented increase in the volume of e-waste in the world. In America alone, e-waste forms 70% of the […]
John Shegerian, Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, delivered a rousing keynote presentation at the fifth annual China International E-Waste conference in Shanghai today.Shegerian shared his presentation, “Electronics Recycling & Management in the US,” to the international gathering […]
ERI’s John Shegerian Calls Equifax Data Breach Class-Action Lawsuit ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Last week’s announcement of a class-action lawsuit against credit reporting company Equifax after its recent massive data breach is a game changer that will likely open the door to thousands more lawsuits in similar situations, according to John Shegerian, Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the […]
Why One of the World’s Biggest E-Waste Recyclers Is Banking on Cybersecurity
Source: Fortune.com – A version of this article appears in the Sept. 15, 2017 issue of Fortune with the headline “Dead, But Not Forgotten.”View Magazine PDFElectronic waste is a heap of a problem. As technology invades every aspect of our existence, scads of digital detritus—phones, TVs, laptops, servers, refrigerators, you name it—get sloughed off. A United […]
NEW YORK, Aug 09, 2017 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Last week’s groundbreaking federal appeals court ruling dramatically changes the landscape of corporate responsibility when it comes to the digital and physical security of personal data, according to experts such as John Shegerian of ERI and Dr. Ross Federgreen of CSR .A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. last week ruled […]
ERI Sends Out Call for Applications as Employee Roster Continues to Grow
ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that due to continued growth, it is looking to add a number of key team members to its staff.In its quest to find “at least a dozen new team members within the […]
ERI Awarded NAID Certification for Badin Facility, Achieves Goal of Companywide Certification
BADIN, N.C., Jun 15, 2017 (BUSINESS WIRE) — ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that it has successfully achieved AAA certification for data destruction from the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) for its facility in Badin, North Carolina.The […]
ERI’s ecycleNYC Program Named ‘Top Project of the Year’ at Environmental Leader Awards
ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, yesterday received the “Top Project of the Year” honor at the annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards. The award was presented to ERI for the groundbreaking ecycleNYC (www.nyc.gov/ecycle) project, a collaboration between ERI and the New York City Department […]
John Shegerian, Chairman, CEO and co-founder of ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, shared insights about digital security issues as part of a panel discussion at the Cyber Investing Summityesterday at the New York Stock Exchange.Shegerian joined a group of other noted cybersecurity experts for the panel titled […]