-- NATO Confirms That Blancco Sanitizes Hard Drives up to SECRET Levels
JOENSUU, Finland, May 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Blancco Ltd., the world’s leading data erasure software company has recently been included in the NATO Information Assurance Catalog (NIAPC). Now NATO Members may use Blancco - Data Cleaner+ v4.5 HMG to erase hard drives without fear of data leakage or loss.
Blancco-Data Cleaner+ v4.5 HMG has been proven to be leading the end-of-life and reuse management markets throughout the world. Blancco’s product has passed extensive forensic tests and has received high-level certifications from organizations such as the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) in the UK. Blancco’s full certification record and global standards are available on the web at http://www.blancco.com .
"The approval is kind of an award of sorts for Blancco as we continue down the long road of erasure product development. It shows our company and our customers that we have done things right, and that we are able to achieve the high goals we have been aiming towards for a long time. I suppose that everybody who is working in the data security business understands the value of the approval, as NATO is considered as one of the strictest, most thorough organizations in the world. From a business perspective, the approval surely will bring more customers to Blancco, as corporations normally choose certified or approved products for their use. Furthermore, this makes our prospective customers lives much easier, because there is no need to spend time and money evaluating the product, as it has already been done by an extremely highly respected organization such as NATO," says Markku Jokiranta, Sales Director -- Blancco Ltd.
The long and stringent process of the NATO catalog listing will now provide their Military Partners and Peace Programme Members the opportunity to receive the ultimate data security measures that Blancco’s software can guarantee. Blancco-Data Cleaner+ v4.5 HMG guarantees its users 100% data erasure. NATO Members will also have the ability to utilize Blancco’s ERA Concept (Erase, Report, Audit), which will provide them with an automatically generated detailed erasure report with Hardware Asset Management information that exceeds governmental regulatory requirements. "The whole erasure process is digitally protected with a complete verification module for confirming that the data has been securely and fully erased from the hard drive," as written in the NIAPC Submission Summary.
Users of Blancco’s software will find that it is tailored for desktop, laptop, and server environments with RAID systems. The software’s flexibility continues with its ability to erase hidden and locked areas such as DCO, HPA and remapped sectors. The software can also be delivered via many different media including: network, floppy, CD and preinstall (.msi package).
As noted by the NIAPC, data erased by Blancco-Data Cleaner+ v4.5 HMG cannot be recovered with any existing technology, which makes it a perfect solution for its Members looking to protect their information by destroying it -- permanently.
About Blancco
With over 7 million end users, an impressive clientele and a broad network of trusted partners, Blancco has proved to be the global specialist in the field of professional data destruction and reuse management. With 9 international offices and partners in over 20 countries on every continent, Blancco has the world covered.
For more information about Blancco Ltd. and our products and services, please visit us on the web at http://www.blancco.com .
