Case Study

Financial Services Firm Unifies& Transforms Data Hygiene
Practices with Secure Erasure
Highlights
Using Blancco data erasuresolutions, a multinationalbanking and financial services
company: Standardizes data destruction
practices across business units,technologies, and geographies
 Monitors data erasures globallyand centrally stores certified,tamper-proof erasure reports
 Ensures regulatory compliancewith global and industry dataprotection requirements,
including PCI DSS Limits data access for non-bankemployees with custom rolesbased data and report views

An international banking and financial services company
with a major presence in India and operating in 70+ countries
standardized its secure data erasure processes with Blancco
technologies. A single image now covers everything fromday-to-day uses to specialized remote, offline, and third-party
scenarios—providing a comprehensive approach to protecting
sensitive, end-of-life information. The bank’s automated data
erasure processes also streamline regulatory compliance,
scaling easily across global operations with less manual effort.
Challenge
Operating in dozens of countries, an international banking and financial
services company with global security operations in India administers abroad spectrum of online and offline data housed in laptops, phones, servers,VMs, LUNs, and more. With that variety of geographies and technologies,
the company used a range of data destruction methods as it managed morethan 100,000 data storage devices. Using different sanitization methods
across regions and device types made it difficult to ensure and documentcompliance with industry standards such as PCI DSS. In addition, many tools
only applied to laptops and desktops, with limited or no support for securedata erasure on servers, virtualized infrastructure, or network storage.
The bank’s inconsistent data sanitization practices consumed valuable time,cost, and labour resources that would be better applied to cyber operations.
In fact, poor scalability led to outsourcing data destruction in some cases,
further deteriorating the security department’s control over the process.
The non-standardized array of approaches also lacked central visibility
and coordination, relying on manual erasure reporting that left the processvulnerable to human error.

SolutionTo transform and unify its approach to data sanitization, the bank turned toBlancco for a comprehensive, easy-to-use data erasure solution tailored tosupport its diverse use cases. Blancco’s solution also covered both local andremote erasures and erasures conducted online or offline. Standardization

and consistency within the solution enables all secure erasure to be specified
with a single image to streamline maintenance and reduce overall sanitization
process costs.
The solution supports certified, secure data erasure using:•Blancco Drive Eraser for servers, laptops, desktops, and drives•Blancco LUN Eraser for active storage environments•••••

Blancco File Eraser for files, folders, and free disk space
Blancco Virtual Machine Eraser for VMs andother virtualized infrastructure

Blancco Mobile Diagnostics & Erasure for mobile devices

Blancco Removable Media Eraser for removable flash memory devices

Blancco Management Console for centralized monitoring and reporting

Blancco’s secure data erasure solution also integrates with the bank’s IT
asset management (ITAM) systems. This facilitates erasure scheduling basedon when a device reaches end-of-warranty or end-of-life.
Adding to the security and flexibility of the solution, the bank implemented
custom user roles that govern individual operators’ ability to view or change
information about the asset being erased. With more than 20 customization
options, this capability enabled the bank’s administrators to create roles forcontracted technicians, masking sensitive data to protect its privacy.

Results
In implementing the Blancco solution, the bank has reduced risk by improving
its security posture and protections for personally identifiable information (PII)
and other sensitive data. Standardized secure erasure methods apply dataerasure best practices with highly repeatable, less manual processes thatscale globally.
At the same time, Blancco Management Console provides centralized accessand ease of use to monitor and oversee erasures and manage erasurecertificates across its global operations.
Key outcomes include:•••

Automation. Robust automation, made possible by integrating
Blancco’s data erasure software with the bank’s existing ITAM
setup, accelerates the bank’s data sanitization processes,
triggering erasures based on scheduled events.

ROI. This improved efficiency delivers immediate return on investment byproactively ensuring compliance, unifying reporting, and reducing humantouch time. This reduction enables staff to focus on mitigating cyberthreats, from intrusions and denial of service attacks to ransomware.
Support. Blancco’s 24x7x365 local technical support
ensures reliable, enterprise-class availability.

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Together with the tamper-proof audit trail provided by Blancco products,
these advances improve the ability to assess and enforce adherence toindustry standards and comply with data protection regulations.

About Blancco
Reduce Risk. Increase Efficiency. Be Sustainable. Blancco TechnologyGroup (AIM: BLTG) provides organizations with secure, compliant, andautomated 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 unauthorized access, safely redeploy
data storage assets, and firmly comply with increased data protection andprivacy 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 tooperate 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.

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