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The Use of 
Data Protection 
Technology in an 
ICT Circular 
Economy
Data sanitization’s role in minimizing 
waste & enabling safe reuse
RD/IT/42The Green Economy Mark identifies 
London -listed companies and funds 
that generate between 50% and 
100% of total annual revenues from 
products and services that contribute 
to the global green economy.
Fredrik Forslund
Vice President, Enterprise & Cloud
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Yet…data protection risks arise 
when releasing assets from your 
own domain!
ICT assets are seen as the 
opposite of environmental goods 
due to build energy needed —but 
lengthening the life of functional 
IT assets can offset the carbon 
emissions challenge
The UK’s Sustainable Global 
Trade Agenda advocates a 
circular economy through 
recycling —honouring its intent 
means a holistic mindset. 
Functional IT assets can increase
trade revenues whilst creating 
massive sustainability and 
environmental benefits 
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protection have to do 
with the circular 
economy?
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Why is this so 
important?
How does it work and 
what can we do?
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By year -end 2023, 75% of the 
world’s population will have its 
personal data covered under 
modern privacy regulations, up 
from 25% today.Before year -end 2023, more 
than 80% of companies 
worldwide will be facing at least 
one privacy -focused data 
protection regulation.Through 2024, privacy -driven 
spending on data protection and 
compliance technology will 
break through to more than
$15 billion worldwide .
What Methods Achieve it? 
Data Sanitization
Physical 
Destruction
Cryptographic
Erasure
Data
Erasure
Software
“Data sanitization is the 
consistently applied, disciplined
process of reliably and 
completely removing all data
from a read/write medium so 
that it can no longer be read or 
recovered.”
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Burj Khalifa, the tallest 
building in the world
21% increase in just
five years.
A record 53.6 million 
metric tonnes of 
electronic waste was 
generated worldwide in 
2019 according to the 
UN’s Global E -waste 
Monitor 2020
53.6 
million
Expected to increase to
74 million metric tonnes 
by 2030
74 
million
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A global reference since 2014
A U.S. government document that provides  
methodical guidance when it comes to 
sanitizing data from electronic storage media 
and how to implement secure best practices.
Implementation –Verification –Audit trail
Purge: The highest security level, can be 
achieved for both HDD and SSD drives.
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erased 
and reused393 Million
destroyed and…A conservative global  industry 
estimate based on today’s practices.
593 Million 
drives in total
3-5 years
from now333 Million SSD
260 Million HDD2020 drive shipments
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erased 
and reused393 Million
destroyed and…A conservative global  industry 
estimate based on today’s practices.
593 Million 
drives in total
3-5 years
from now333 Million SSD
260 Million HDDAdd smartphones on top —
1.4 billion shipped in 2020!How Does It Work 
to reuse?
Real life industry examples
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erased 
and reused
Only broken 
drives destroyed593 Million 
drives in total 333 Million HDD
260 Million HDD3-5 years
from now2020 drive shipments
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erased 
and reused
Only broken 
drives destroyed593 Million 
drives in total 333 Million HDD
260 Million HDD3-5 years
from nowAdd smartphones on top —
1.4 billion shipped in 2020!Rapidly Increasing demand for second -hand IT equipment! Securely traded ! Increased trade
Security requirements can be fully met, audited and implemented to scale efficiently. Compliance and scalability
Hundreds of millions of additional devices reused leads to enormous CO2 savings. CO2 savings
Question existing processes leading to destruction of assets only to protect data. Awareness to Enable Reuse
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fredrik.forslund@blancco.comAugust 2020
Growing concerns about data privacy and
security, leakage, regulatory compliance, and 
the ever -expanding capacity ofstorage media 
and volume of edge computing and IoT devices 
are making robust data sanitization a core C -
level requirement for all IT organizations .”
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