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Blancco & H3 Secure: Secure Data Erasure
on a Global Scale
Blancco Partners with H3 Secure to Offer International
Diversified Investments Company Erasure as a Service (EaaS)
Many companies in the MENA region rely solely on physical destruction todestroy information held on outdated or unused IT assets such as laptops,
hard drives and mobile phones. But sometimes physical destruction anddegaussing aren’t enough to guarantee complete data removal. For example,
typical SSD shredding leaves large particles behind that may still containsensitive data. Additionally, when organizations rely on a 3rd party to transport
their assets and destroy them at their facilities, data is at risk of exposure whilein transit and prior to destruction.
Smart organizations are investing in data erasure—the software-based
method of securely overwriting data from any data storage device using
zeros and ones onto all sectors of the device—to combat these issues. By
overwriting data on a storage device, the data is rendered unrecoverable
and achieves data sanitization. Data erasure can be done on-site or remotely,
removing the risk of data exposure throughout the process. Data erasure canalso be automated to save time, and it works across a wide variety ofIT assets—from servers and LUNs to mobile phones and SSDs.

Challenge
Recently, IT security solutions company H3 Secure was commissioned for adata erasure project by a UAE investments company. The company had legacy
IT Assets which needed to be erased and disposed of securely in a timely
manner. Before H3 Secure stepped in, the company was storing these assets,
including laptops, PCs, storage arrays, printers and other old server equipmentin its basement— when it could be reusing, reselling or recycling them.
Specifically, the company wanted to donate some of its laptops to charity,
as it was concerned about the corporate data that still resided on them.

Solution
H3 Secure used Blancco solutions to erase all the company’s unnecessary
servers, desktops and laptops. Blancco’s patented SSD erasure method, alongwith Blancco Drive Eraser, Blancco Removable Media Eraser and Blancco
Enterprise Erase 2U products were used to ensure complete data sanitizationof all assets. All products were deployed through Blancco’s Erasure as aService (EaaS) solution.
Blancco’s new Data Erasure as a Service offering is designed to relieve
the stress that comes with implementing any new technology or software
solution. While Blancco Data Eraser solutions are easy to implement anduse, the process does take time. Instead of organizations taking on internal
training on new software, purchasing erasure licenses and going throughthe implementation process, our team comes in and handles these stepsfor you. This process lends itself to added efficiencies, lower costs andfewer necessary resources—with all the benefits of traditional Blancco Data
Eraser solutions, including audit-ready reporting. In this specific situation, alltechnologies were securely erased and ready for resale, reuse or recycling
within the expected timeframe. Many of the IT assets were donated to localschools in need of technology updates.

About H3 Secure
H3 Secure, based in Dubai’s DMCC is an Information Technology Security
Solutions company with special focus on Secure Data Erasure Solutions,
Secure Mobile Device Management as well as providing Information
Technology Security Expertise to our clients.
H3 Secure is Blancco’s Strategic Partner in the MENA region.
For more information, please visit our website at www.h3secure.com.

About Blancco
Blancco Technology Group is the de facto standard in data erasure and mobile
device diagnostics. The Blancco Data Eraser solutions provide thousands oforganizations with an absolute line of defense against costly security breaches,
as well as verification of regulatory compliance through a 100% tamper-proof
audit trail. Our data erasure solutions have been tested, certified, approved andrecommended by 18 governing bodies around the world. No other security firm
can boast this level of compliance with the most rigorous requirements set bygovernment agencies, legal authorities and independent testing laboratories.
For more information, please visit our website at www.blancco.com.

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