Large Philippine Conglomerate Donates
Servers and PCs Confidently While Ensuring
Privacy Compliance
Ayala Corporation is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines withbusinesses in real estate, financial services, telecommunications and a broad
range of investments. The company also has a deep commitment to corporatesocial responsibility and supporting the welfare of the surrounding community.
While this is largely expressed through a separate foundation with programsin education, youth leadership, sustainable livelihood and art and culture,
Ayala Corporation also contributes previously owned but highly operational IThardware so other organizations can use them.

Challenge
As a highly respected holding company, Ayala handles very sensitive financial
information about itself and its subsidiaries. This information is stored on Ayala
servers, as well as on hard disk drives, SSDs, servers and company executive
desktops and laptops. It’s critical that this data be securely and permanently
erased before donating technology assets.
Maria Angelica B. Rapadas, Chief Information Officer and Executive Directorfor Ayala, sought out a way to both rigorously protect company informationand generously give to those in need—all while complying with privacy laws
governing the company’s highly-regulated industry segments.
“We wanted a secure and proven technology to erase storage devices ofvarious equipment before these are donated, reassigned or disposed of,” shesaid. “The old methods used were no longer acceptable and foolproof, given
the sophistication of today’s criminals.”

SolutionThanks to a recommendation from Globe Telecom, one of Ayala’s subsidiaries,
Rapadas turned to Blancco data erasure solutions. Using Blancco Drive Eraser
for its PCs and servers, Ayala has been securely erasing all data on its storage
devices in a cost-effective, secure and eco-friendly manner since early 2016.
“With Blancco, we are assured that no residual data remains in these devices
before they are distributed to beneficiaries,” said Rapadas. “Blancco gives us
peace of mind that our data is secure and only present in authorized devices.
All other devices that used to contain our data have been erased completely
and that data cannot be recovered.”What’s more, in late 2016, when the Philippines finalized implementing rules andregulations of its Data Privacy Act of 2012, Ayala was already in good standing,thanks to the erasure processes it had been able to quickly put in place.
“The Blancco line of products is easy to use, and the support has beenexcellent. Our Helpdesk staff were able to use the solution very quickly after
the initial training. Our Account Manager has been responsive and provided
timely assistance when needed,” Rapadas said. “When the Data Privacy Act wasenacted, we were glad that we already had Blancco to ensure compliance withthe law.”
Blancco Drive Eraser ensured that Ayala’s sensitive data was permanently
erased from servers, laptops, desktops and drives, providing an audit trail ofall activity. Each erasure is verified and certified, with Ayala receiving a tamperproof Certificate of Erasure to prove compliance with local, national and global
data protection regulations, as well as internal requirements.
Ayala Corporation’s experience with Blancco’s data erasure solutions echoesthat of the subsidiary that recommended Blancco at the beginning. In fact,
Ayala aims to replicate that experience in other environments.
“We are now looking at Blancco LUN to ensure that the same level of data
erasure compliance is achieved for our servers on the cloud,” Rapadas stated.

We wanted a secure and proven technology to erase storage
devices of various equipment before these are donated,reassigned or disposed of... With Blancco, we are assured
that no residual data remains in these devices before they aredistributed to beneficiaries.”– Maria Angelica B. Rapadas
Chief Information Officer and Executive Director, Ayala Corporation

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About Ayala
Ayala Corporation is one of the largest and most diversified businessgroups in the Philippines, with business interests in real estate, banking,telecommunications, water, power, industrial technologies, infrastructure,healthcare, and education. Its social commitment arm, Ayala Foundation, hasprograms that focus on education, youth leadership, sustainable livelihood,and the promotion of arts and culture. With headquarters in Makati City andoperations mainly in the Philippines, it continues to grow its regional and global
footprint, serving millions of customers across all market segments.

About Blancco
Blancco is the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics.
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