Blancco White Paper Highlights Strategies and Technology for Secure Mobile Data Erasure

Joensuu, Finland (ots/PRNewswire) -

Document is available online and at Blancco's exhibit at the
Mobile World

Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, February 25-28

Gartner predicts that by 2016, two-thirds of the mobile workforce
will own a smartphone, and the devices will be loaded with sensitive
corporate, customer or employee data. Unfortunately, the majority of
businesses have few specific policies in place to ensure this data is
secure, particularly when it comes to decommissioning a smartphone or
tablet that is disposed of, reassigned or sent for recycling.

To fully eliminate the risk of costly data breaches, organizations
must adopt advanced data erasure policies as a best practice-and that
includes policies for mobile device data. With a new white paper
titled, "Mobile Devices in the Enterprise: Data Erasure Strategies
for Businesses," Blancco [http://www.blancco.com ], the global leader
in data erasure and computer reuse solutions, addresses how
enterprises can ensure the utmost in data erasure security practices
for these data-rich devices.

In the paper, Blancco outlines the advantages that certified data
erasure
[http://www.blancco.com/en/benefits/most-certified-data-erasure ] - a
software-based approach for overwriting and fully eliminating all
electronic information - offers over physical destruction of devices,
factory resetting and less comprehensive software overwriting
approaches.

"One method of erasing data is with software that completely
overwrites the device's memory, but many applications do not provide
a critical element- reporting," said Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder
of Blancco. "For truly secure data erasure, solutions must produce a
verifiable report with electronic serial numbers and other hardware
details that prove the data is completely erased, which is necessary
for regulatory compliance and a safe resale or reuse of the device."

The white paper outlines the advantages of a solution like Blancco
Mobile [http://www.blancco.com/en/products/total-data-erasure/mobile
], which provides verifiable proof of data erasure. In addition to
its efficiency, this advanced data erasure software can detect and
simultaneously erase user data from different types of smartphone and
tablet platforms because it communicates directly with their
operating systems.

For more information on Blancco, or to download the new Mobile
white paper, please visit
http://www.blancco.com/en/erase-smartphones. The white paper will
also be available in Hall 5, Stand 5E90 at the Mobile World Congress
[http://campaign.blancco.com/mwc ] (MWC) in Barcelona, February
25-28, where Blancco is exhibiting.

About Blancco

Blancco is the proven data erasure solution for millions of users
around the globe. As the global leader in data erasure and computer
reuse solutions, Blancco offers the most certified data erasure
solutions within the industry. The company serves users across a wide
range of industries, including banking, finance, government and
defense. The company's products are highly valued by IT asset
disposal professionals around the world. Blancco operates from an
extensive network of international offices and partners across
Europe, North America, Middle East, Russia, Asia and Australasia.
More information is available at http://www.blancco.com.

Media Contact:
Monica Shaw
+1-770-367-9534
mshaw@carabinerpr.com

Blancco Oy Ltd.
Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder
+358-50-585-2885
kim.vaisanen@blancco.com

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