Our clients become part of the On Guard family. The National Association of Information Destruction (NAID) is an international, non-profit trade association of the information destruction industry. NAID's members include individuals as well as large and small businesses that provide information and document destruction services. 
NAID was established in 1994 with a mission:
1. To promote and encourage the highest standards of ethics for the information destruction industry by setting up document shredding policies.
2. To promote the interests and general welfare of the information destruction industry; to encourage efficiency and bring about improvement in such services; to extend the scope of the industry, and to encourage the use of the services provided by members of commerce, industry, education institutions, and government.
3. To create a wider recognition of the industry as meeting the needs of commerce, industry, education institutions, and government and its role in protecting the confidentiality of information and documents.
4. To conduct and promote research regarding improved processes, materials and marketing for the information destruction industry.
5. To establish wider communications between companies engaged in the paper shredding industry.
6. To conduct and promote such other logical activities that will enhance the economic growth of the information destruction industry.
NAID has Grown over 700% in the last five years! In five years, NAID has gone from 125 members to more than 900 members who abide by their document shred policy.
