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Blancco Drive Eraser

Secure data erasure for laptops, servers, and desktop computers.

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Blancco Drive Eraser

What is the best method to securely erase hard drives?

The best solution for secure data erasure on laptops, servers, and desktop computers is Blancco Drive Eraser — a scalable, industry-leading software that ensures protection through the permanent erasure of confidential data from HDD and SDD hard drives (including desktop NVMes).

Blancco Drive Eraser

  • ●It is the market-leading data erasure solution
  • ●Securely erases HDD and SSD drives.
  • ●It is compatible with more than 25 erasure standards
  • ●Generates an erasure certificate to facilitate auditing.
  • ●Tool certified by the National Security Framework (ENS)
  • ●Saves time and resources through the creation of automations and workflows
  • ●It is scalable, adapting to all types of businesses
  • ●Helps improve your CSR policy
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Blancco Drive Eraser

Why Blancco Drive Eraser?

With advanced algorithms, Blancco Drive Eraser guarantees the secure elimination of data and its user-friendly interface simplifies the process. Additionally, it provides detailed erasure certificates that include information about the treated asset as well as the process followed. Both its unique identifier and digital signature allow it to be used in audits and prevent possible tampering.

Technical specifications

Erasure

  • ●Data erasure process controlled locally or remotely through Blancco Management Console
  • ●Simultaneous high-speed disk erasure. Including the ability to customize disk sizes and speed thresholds
  • ●RAID dismantling and direct access to underlying physical drives
  • ●SSD detection and secure erasure process using Blancco's patented SSD method
  • ●Automated detection and unlocking of frozen drives
  • ●Detection, notification, and erasure of hidden areas (DCO, HPA) and reallocated sectors
  • ●Compatibility with internal drive erasure process commands, including cryptographic erasure and the TCG feature set on self-encrypting drives
  • ●Ability to reformat SATA and SAS disks after the erasure process

Hardware compatibility

  • ●Secure data erasure for PCs, laptops, servers, and storage environments based on x86 and x86-64 architectures
  • ●BIOS and UEFI machines, including Intel-based MACs, Apple T2, and secure boot
  • ●IDE/ATA, SATA, SCSI, SAS, USB, Fibre Channel, FireWire hard disk drives of any size
  • ●SATA and SAS SSDs of any size
  • ●eMMC drives of any size
  • ●NVMe drives of any size
  • ●SAS, SCSI, ATA, and NVMe self-encrypting drives

Audit

  • ●Verification algorithms to automatically check overwritten patterns
  • ●Hexviewer offers a quick visual verification of the erasure process beneficial for compliance
  • ●Tamper-proof reports. Option to add custom digital signatures
  • ●Ability to attach reports to drives for an erasure process audit
  • ●Option to search and export reports through the API

Certificates and Reports

  • ●Digitally signed erasure process certificate
  • ●Ability to choose between device-level or drive-level reports
  • ●Option to save reports locally or send them over the network to the Blancco Management Portal
  • ●Detailed reports enabled by enhanced hardware detection
  • ●Extensive erasure process information, including HDD details for seamless audit procedures
  • ●User-expandable report (with the option to add "custom fields")

Usability

  • ●Accelerated erasure with NIST Purge
  • ●Multitasking option to allow hardware diagnostics and report updating during erasure time
  • ●Screen saver showing erasure progress to monitor the process remotely
  • ●Option to resume an interrupted erasure process without consuming additional licenses
  • ●Dedicated interface for single-drive erasure process
  • ●Compatibility with LAN and WLAN networks, including 802.1x authentication

Deployment

  • ●Blancco Drive Eraser is platform-independent
  • ●Local control with HASP dongles, standalone images, or centralized control through Blancco Management Portal or Blancco Cloud
  • ●Local deployment (CD, USB) over the network (PXE), pre-installation (Windows, Linux), or via ILO, IDRAC, Cisco UCS, Intel AMT, or local installation (device mode)

Hardware Detection and Diagnostics

  • ●More than 13 hardware tests, including: RAM, CPU, motherboard, battery (current capacity and discharge), PC speaker, display, pointers, keyboard, optical drive, webcam, USB ports, WiDi card, SMART tests for drives, BIOS logo
  • ●Swap capabilities
  • ●Compatibility with other Blancco products (BDECT, BMC, BUSBC)

Configurability and Automation

  • ●Customizable erasure process software to meet specific needs
  • ●Customizable input fields in erasure process reports
  • ●4 levels of process automation: workflow, manual, semi-automatic, automatic
  • ●Ability to execute custom workflows defined in Blancco Management Portal or Blancco Cloud: workflows can be run locally or remotely and processing can be automated across all company devices
  • ●Ability to communicate back and forth with an asset management system or other external system

Minimum System Requirements

  • ●1GB of RAM in most cases (2GB for PXE booting)
  • ●Local erasure process: CD/DVD drive or USB key to start the software
  • ●SVGA display and VESA-compatible video card
  • ●USB key to save reports
  • ●Remote erasure process (Requires Blancco Management Portal): Ethernet NIC
  • ●DHCP server running on the local network for PXE boot, remote erasure process, and report collection

Supported languages

  • ●English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, French, Taiwanese, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Polish, and Hungarian
  • ●Supports up to 20 different keyboard layouts