Sentry Safe and Schwab Corp

The world leader in consumer and small business fire safes and file cabinets, Sentry Safe, has recently acquired Schwab Corporation. Since 1872 Schwab Corp. has been the most trusted name in fireproof safes and filing cabinets for business and commercial use.

We are excited to be able to soon be offering our business clients new products and innovations to further protect vital business documents, records, computer backup and more. As soon as we have more information available about Sentry Safe and new product offerings we will be posting updates here and on our websites.

To read the official press release you can click here: http://www.sentrysafe.com/content/news.aspx

Home Media Server

Redefining Entertainment, Photo Sharing and Digital Asset Storage
File servers and media servers have evolved on many levels and made their way into the homes of hundreds of thousands if not millions of homes. Sharing those favorite digital photos and images with family and friends has never been easier thanks to the drop in price and marketing of home media servers as a standard part of the home entertainment theater and suite.

One of the best ways to describe the benefits of this new movement toward media servers is to share a story of a my friend, his wife and their new baby boy. Like all parents, taking photos at the hospital, baby's first day at home, baby's first tooth, and each and every stage of life has now become the standard. [insert home media server] Sharing these wonderful moments with friends and family that don't live nearby is now easier than ever with the simple addition of a file server sitting next to the DVD player. With a wide variety of manufacturers selling these systems you can easily add a 4 TB server to your list of gadgets and holiday wish list.

For those wanting to preserve those digital family photos, videos and music from fire and water damage you may opt to purchase fireproof hard drives to install inside your server or even buy a home media server that already has fire safe disks standard. No matter if you bundle a Drobo or Netgear ReadyNAS with internal fireproof drives you can rest assured that precious family memories.

To learn more about fireproof servers, network storage and USB systems you can visit www.hddfiresafe.com or www.iosafe.com

Meilink Safe

For well over a century Meilink high security safes have provided affordable and reliable protection from fire and theft. For businesses that need the best protection for assets that top the scales in the the tens and hundreds of thousands-of-dollars, these safes are engineered to be the strongest that money can buy.

Even with the discontinued production of the TRTL-60x6 Six-sided tool and torch resistant protection (60 minutes or 1 hour security). Meilink continues to be the world leader as a safe manufacturer of the TL-30, TL-30x6 and TL-15 torch and tool resistant safes. These high security safes come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and features to fit into different spaces within your business or home.

As all businesses each have their own unique requirements for high security safes our safe specialists and consultants work with you to determine which high security safes will best fit your storage and physical security needs.

What is the TL Rating?
UL TL Rating: The safe must be meet specific construction requirements including thickness of the steel on all sides. The safe is also tested and UL rated to prevent access to contents by physical attack using specific tools including grinders, pick axe, sledge hammer, drills, and saws for a specified period. TL-15 means it passed a 15-man-minute test. TL-30 means it passed a 30-man-minute test. TL-30x6 means it must pass additional tests and added construction requirements on all six sides.

To learn more about these burglary rated fire safes you can visit www.klsecurity.com

Digital Data Trumps Cash

Cash used to be King, but for most businesses this is no longer the case. Digital assets and data are the source of convenience as well as security risks. From storing confidential information to archiving business assets, companies today need to be aware of the pro's and con's of all types of storage media (backup tapes, hard drives, etc)

Mitigating the security risks associated with data backup, storage and archiving are of great importance to every company. PR nightmares can happen very quickly if confidential data gets into the wrong hands. Take the time to consider your backup strategy as a whole; from the type of storage media, to the backup process of manual or automated can help you quickly identify risks.

Most importantly, after you have identified data security risks you need to take steps to ensure that your backup strategy can easily adapt to protect your assets.

UL Listings

For a very complete resource and guide to Underwriter's Laboratories ratings of fire safes and insulated record protection equipment you can visit the knowledge base at KL Security Enterprises. The safe experts have a wide range of world-class business record storage products to meet the needs of data and document storage for many applications.

The UL classification and rating system is used to determine exactly how long a fireproof safe or filing cabinet can protect documents or removable computer media given a specified time and temperature. While the resource guide online is a valuable tool for research, it is best to go to www.ul.com to learn more.

Safes

Goal-Driven Choices are the Best for Your Business
Storing and protect documents and business data is an important part of both daily and future business operations. A lost, deleted or stolen document is a headache that no one in the company wants to deal with, given the amount of actions and tasks already required to move forward in an unsure economy.

When considering a fireproof safe for paper documents and removable media or a hard drive storage device for digital assets it it important to remember that you are making an investment in the viability of your company. Properly securing data and documents is a vital part of business continuity. Proper storage in the event of fire or flood disasters can mean the difference between a simple set back or complete loss of business operations.

Buy a fire safe with your future storage considerations in mind. If your company must comply with Federal Regulations for document or data storage you'll need to make sure that your safe has all of the necessary security features (generally a TL-30 or Class 5 rating) to ensure compliance. For data backup storage requirements it's important to consider capacity (for DLT or LTO tapes) as well as Gigabytes if you are going toward a hard drive, external USB or NAS storage server.

A great question to ask yourself when considering your safe purchase is "What percentage of your total assets do you want to use to protect all of your assets?"

Take your Business Data Off Road

Some companies have serious data storage requirements and some simply take data storage serious. LoD Genuine Off Road Equipment engineers and manufactures rugged jeep tire carriers and jeep bumpers for off road enthusiasts across the country. When it comes to storing data and documents they rely on the expert advice of KL Security.

Because the custom built products that LoD offers for the Jeep JK and TJ, CJ or YJ require strength, reliability and durability they require the same toughness for the storage of business and website data in their off site data storage plan.

With the use of an offsite network storage server attached to an ioSafe fireproof and waterproof hard drive important business data is easily maintained in a secure environment that can be recovered in the event integrity of a fire or water damage situation.

In addition to a solid off site backup plan an additional backup copy is kept in-house to ensure that business operations can continue in the event of a computer or server crash.

For the best in Jeep off road after market accessories count on LoD to deliver, and for the toughest in data storage rely on ioSafe storage hardware.