Case Study

LiteHaus Repurposes 1000s ofEnterprise Devices for Students &Computer Labs
Highlights
With Blancco secure data
erasure, LiteHaus has:
 Securely repurposed 7,275
computers to keep them outof landfills, preventing 116
tonnes of e-waste and therelease of 241 tonnes of CO2.
 Built 163 school computer labs
across Asia-Pacific, serving
more than 105,000 students.
 Sent more than 3,000
computers to students
in 87 locales.
 Injected $3.4 million of social
value into local communities.

LiteHaus International helps students of the Asia Pacificregion get a digital education. It collects old computers,
sanitizes the data from them, and distributes them toschools and students. LiteHaus’s work has benefitted
more than 100,000 people to date, bridging the digital
divide while protecting the environment.
Challenge
Every year, too many computers go into landfills or get destroyed. That’s
because many corporate IT refresh projects decommission fully functional
equipment, only to send them for shredding or recycling. At the same time,
millions of students have no computer access.
LiteHaus, a non-profit charity supporting digital learning opportunities,
bridges this gap by reclaiming disused equipment such as laptops, desktops,
and tablets for use in schools. But before that handoff can happen, all tracesof sensitive data must be removed from donated computer equipment toensure safe and secure reuse.
LiteHaus must also process a wide range of computers from various sourcesin different quantities, all with different data protection requirements. To
meet the most needs in the quickest amount of time with limited resources,
LiteHaus needed a data erasure process that was fast, thorough, cost
efficient, and easily implemented—and they needed to provide donors withauditable proof that they had eliminated all data from donated devices.

Solution
Blancco allows LiteHaus to confidently carry out industry-leading data
erasure for the wide variety of equipment it receives. Growing cybersecurity
and governance requirements make this ability critical. By using Blancco’s
software-based data sanitization, LiteHaus also adds value for Australianbusinesses by providing secure IT asset disposition without charge inexchange for their donated devices. Blancco’s flagship data erasuresoftware, Blancco Drive Eraser, also enables LiteHaus to manage that

process completely in-house from original receipt to erasure, reporting,and distribution, minimizing cost and time, no matter what drive types arereceived or erasure standards are needed.
Blancco Drive Eraser has been rigorously tested by governmentorganizations and industry authorities, resulting in multiple third-party
certifications, including Common Criteria certification from the Australasian
Certification Authority. That certification assures LiteHaus that Blancco’s
data erasure technology for HDDs and SSDs is sound, and LiteHaus
can share that certainty with potential donors. A tamper-proof audit trail
documents device sanitization results to provide rock-solid evidence thatmeets the most organizations’ rigorous governance requirements. Dataerasure reports are stored centrally in the Blancco Management Console.
Millions of students go without the tools to dream and achieve in thedigital age. Instead of letting those very tools go into a landfill, LiteHaus
International connects castoff equipment with the right second-phaseowners. Secure erasure with Blancco is a critical part of our end-to-endsolution.”
Jack Growden - Founder and CEO, LiteHaus International.
Blancco secure data erasure has become deeply enmeshed in LiteHaus’s
equipment renewal processes. Ongoing partnership with Blancco willencourage more corporate organizations to donate, and Blancco sales andengineering teams will help it scale to hundreds or thousands of devices per
day as LiteHaus grows.

Results
By sanitizing data from devices completely and permanently with Blancco
Drive Eraser, LiteHaus has been able to support thousands of students withthe computing devices they need to further their education. Thanks to thedata protection confidence provided by Blancco, LiteHaus is well positioned
to strengthen and acquire significant partnerships that further their mission.
For instance, LiteHaus’s engagement with James Cook University transforms
e-waste into tools of digital empowerment. The university donated 190 Dell
Latitude laptops with full assurance that LiteHaus would thoroughly eliminate
any data contained on them, beyond recovery. Fifty of the laptops fromJames Cook are destined for NRL Cowboys House, a residential facility for
Indigenous secondary students attending partner schools in Townsville,Queensland. The students there have opportunities beyond what would bepossible in their remote home communities. The rest of the laptops will findtheir way to Year 11 and Year 12 students across Queensland.
The digital world belongs to everyone, but billions of people experience digitalinequality. LiteHaus helps get rid of that lack of access, and Blancco is a
critical ingredient in its programs. This work helps interrupt the e-waste cycle
and benefits disadvantaged students, schools, and communities. Secure
erasure gives computer equipment a fresh start—and a chance to renew
hope for the digital leaders of tomorrow.

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About LiteHaus International

Clearly, Blancco isinterested in making a
difference around the world.”– Jack Growden,Founder and CEO, LiteHaus
International

Founded in 2017 in Queensland Australia, LiteHaus International intercepts
landfill-bound computer equipment and redirects it to students. Its Digital
Infrastructure Program has built 163 school computer labs in the Asia-Pacificthat provide digital learning opportunities to more than 105,000 students.
Meanwhile, its Digital Inclusion Program has put refurbished laptops directly
into the hands of more than 3,000 learners. Looking ahead, LiteHaus’s “AMillion Dreams” initiative is a five-year plan to expand and serve 28 countries
across the region. To learn more, visit litehausinternational.org.

About Blancco
Reduce Risk. Increase Efficiency. Be Sustainable. Blancco Technology
Group (AIM: BLTG), a carbon-neutral supplier, provides organizations withsecure, compliant, and automated solutions that accelerate the transition
to the circular economy. Each year, tens of millions of Blancco erasures
allow top-tier organizations to protect end-of-life data against unauthorizedaccess, safely redeploy data storage assets, and firmly comply with increased
data protection and privacy requirements. Our precise device diagnostics
help move used IT assets confidently into the circular economy, enabling
enterprises, IT asset disposition (ITAD) vendors and recyclers, and mobile
industry stakeholders to operate more sustainably.
Globally approved, recommended, and certified by governing and industry
bodies around the world, Blancco is the industry standard in data erasure andmobile lifecycle solutions. With 35+ patented or patent-pending ideas, wecontinue to grow the number of innovative solutions global companies canrely on to accelerate operations, secure their data, and grow their businesses.
Read more about us at blancco.com.

For more information on thedata erasure challenges you canovercome with Blancco, contact
us today.

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