Examples of consumables are printer forms, stationery, printer paper, toner and ribbons.

• Pilfering of your consumables results in increased organisational expense.

• Safeguard consumables against petty theft by locking cupboards, maintaining a register, verbal authorisation prior to removal of items etc.

• Consumables may be stolen with the intent to defraud your organisation or customers.

• Take special measures to protect potentially valuable pre-printed forms and account for their usage.

• Confidential data may be revealed to unauthorised persons from discarded consumables.

• Ensure that confidential information cannot be identified from discarded consumables, such as printer ribbons and floppy disks, by destroying them.
• Destroy or shred surplus printout / fiche containing data, whether or not the data appears to be confidential - it may be! See also Classifying Information and Data.