Data Sanitization

Blancco Data Erasure works across the entire enterprise and lifecycle of every IT asset. We support highly-regulated industries, such as finance, healthcare and government, by assisting in the development and enforcement of data removal policies to prove compliance and achieve data sanitization.

The Most Comprehensive Data Erasure Solution

There are several overwriting solutions on the market, but Blancco data erasure software offers complete security by overwriting data onto all sectors of the device. Many overwriting programs cannot access the entire drive, including hidden/locked areas such as the Host Protected Area (HPA), Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) and remapped sectors. This may lead to an incomplete erasure, as some of the data may still be intact. On top of that, Blancco validates the successful erasure of all data and provides auditable reporting for every erasure, which allows you to achieve data sanitization and stay compliant with the most rigorous regulatory requirements.

Blancco Data Erasure Solutions Offer:

High speed, efficient erasure of multiple hard drives and complex complex SSD and NVMe drives to ensure PCs and laptops can be safely disposed of, reused or resold.
An erasure solution for complicated server and storage environments.
Erasure of files, folders and virtual machines on active PCs and servers to prevent data leaks
Erasure of removable flash media devices stored within smartphones, tablets, network routers and cameras.
The most comprehensive solution for volume erasure of smartphones and tablets.
Secure erasure of logical units (LUNs), in an active storage environment. These can be connected to both physical and virtual machines.
Hardware and software solutions for mass erasure of any type of loose drive (HDD and SSD) and interface (SATA, SCSI, and NVMe).

Achieve Data Sanitization with Blancco:

Data sanitization methods have been proven to render the data on the appropriate storage devices unrecoverable; but not all methods should be treated the same. When you know all the facts, Blancco solutions are the best option to achieve true data sanitization.

	Physical Destruction	Crypto Erasure	DataDeletion	Reformatting / Factory Reset	Data Wiping	File Shredding	Data Clearing	Blancco Data Erasure
Uses industry standards to render data unrecoverable	Yes	Yes*	No	No	Yes	Yes*	No	Yes
Environmentally friendly	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Verifies data removed	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Certifies data removal with report	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Allows assets to be reused, resold or returned	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Meets regulatory requirements for data sanitization	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Allows assets to remain online during overwriting process	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Unable to recover data using forensic tools	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Destroys hidden/ locked areas	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Why Blancco?

For 20 years, Blancco has offered solutions that support compliance with data protection and privacy regulations. We support the need for heavily-regulated industries to stay compliant with these regulations with data erasure solutions that satisfy (and often exceed) those requirements.