Secure data destruction
Secure data destruction
As your ITAD partner, OCM's data erasing service ensures that sensitive data is securely overwritten with no risk of recovery. OCM collaborates with Blancco, a leading provider of enterprise-scale data erasure software and mobile lifecycle solutions.
World leading data erasure solution
Our certified data destruction software guarantees that sensitive data is thoroughly sanitised across all types of devices—servers, laptops, mobile devices, desktops, EPoS systems and drives. This advanced, state-of-the-art solution is proven to be 100% effective, giving you full confidence to resell, reuse or recycle your IT assets without any risk.
Handling a large data centre disposal project? No problem. Our scalable data cleansing process easily accommodates projects of any size. Plus, with our mobile toolkit and Cloud services, we offer secure, on-site data erasure, ensuring your hard drives are wiped clean with minimal disruption to your business.
Certified data disposal
Blancco software holds the prestigious Common Criteria certification, an international security standard governed by 31 countries across Europe, Australasia, Asia and North America. In addition to this, Blancco maintains a host of other globally recognised accreditations, including listings in the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC) and ADISA Product Assurance certification, which attests to compliance with NIST 800-88 guidelines. Notably, it is one of the few solutions to pass the IEEE 2883 Standard on Data Sanitization, underscoring its commitment to meeting the highest levels of data erasure security.
Optimised to align with NIST 800-88 Purge and Clear—the most widely recognised and rigorous data erasure standard—Blancco provides a trusted method for thorough data sanitisation. While we recommend adhering to this standard, we also support data erasure under the HMG InfoSec Standard No. 5 for organisations with specific regulatory needs. For a comprehensive list of Blancco's certifications, please visit Blancco Certifications.
Our Blancco-powered solution meets the most stringent security requirements by erasing all user-addressable data, including hidden storage areas, wear leveling zones, TPM chips and encryption keys. This ensures that every trace of data is removed, leaving no possibility of recovery.
These data erasure solutions have undergone rigorous testing, certification and approval by numerous regulatory bodies and leading global organisations. With OCM’s implementation of Blancco, we can confidently ensure that all sensitive data is sanitised from your servers, laptops, mobile devices, desktops and drives, making ours the most certified data erasure solution available. Each data erasure process is documented, verified and completed with a tamper-proof Certificate of Erasure, ensuring compliance with local, national and international data protection regulations.
Why choose OCM?
Our state-of-the-art system offers guaranteed 100% effective data erasure, allowing you to confidently resell or reuse IT equipment that previously might have needed to be destroyed to protect sensitive information. With our advanced data sanitisation process, you can now safely repurpose valuable assets, reducing waste and maximising the lifecycle of your equipment.
At OCM, scalability is at the heart of our service, enabling us to handle data erasure projects of any size—including large-scale data centres—quickly and effectively. Whether it’s thousands of devices or a handful, our processes adapt to meet your needs without compromising quality or security.
For maximum convenience, we also offer secure on-site data erasure through our mobile toolkit and Cloud-based services. This means your drives, smartphones and tablets can be wiped clean at your location, sparing you the hassle of transporting devices and minimising any disruption to your daily operations.
But what really sets us apart from other ITAD companies is our commitment to adding value for our clients. We don’t just handle data destruction; we’ll pay you for any redundant, surplus or outdated IT equipment with resale value, helping you realise additional resources from assets you no longer need. Plus, we offer free asset collection from any location in the UK, scheduling pickups at times that suit you.
These are just a few of the ways OCM is committed to providing a seamless, full-service experience that delivers data sanitisation, support for your business with cost savings, environmental responsibility and peace of mind.
Contact us about our data destruction services
If you’d like to learn more about our data destruction service, or you have any questions about our data security processes, contact our friendly and experienced team today.
FAQ
Data destruction is the secure process of permanently erasing data from digital storage devices, such as hard drives, SSDs, and other media, ensuring that sensitive information cannot be recovered. At OCM Business Systems, we use industry-standard methods to completely destroy data, either through physical means or secure digital wiping, guaranteeing that your confidential information is thoroughly erased.
Certified data destruction is critical for safeguarding sensitive business information and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR. If data is not securely erased, it could fall into the wrong hands, resulting in data breaches, identity theft, or other serious security issues. OCM Business Systems specialises in secure data destruction, helping your business mitigate risks, maintain confidentiality, and meet legal obligations for data handling and disposal.
The responsibility for data destruction typically falls on the organization that owns the data. This can involve internal data management teams, IT departments, or compliance officers. However, many businesses choose to work with trusted partners like OCM Business Systems to handle their data destruction needs securely and efficiently, ensuring all sensitive data is managed and disposed of in accordance with industry regulations.
Data erasure software is a secure method used to overwrite and permanently delete information from digital storage devices. Unlike standard deletion processes, which can leave data recoverable, data erasure software utilised by OCM Business Systems ensures that all data is overwritten multiple times, making it irretrievable. This is an essential step for secure data disposal and regulatory compliance.
The duration of data erasure depends on the storage size, the amount of data to be erased, and the method used. At OCM Business Systems, we employ efficient and secure data erasure processes tailored to your needs. While smaller devices can be wiped in minutes, larger storage solutions may take longer.
Blancco data wiping software guarantees data is unrecoverable by using certified algorithms that overwrite the data multiple times. This ensures that no residual information is left on the storage device. Blancco provides a secure and verifiable process, following international data erasure standards, and produces a tamper-proof certificate after each data wipe to confirm that all information has been securely erased. This process is compliant with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and others, providing businesses with the peace of mind that sensitive data is completely removed and cannot be restored by any recovery tools.
Certus data wipe is capable of securely wiping a wide range of IT devices, including desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices, external storage drives, and other digital media. It supports various storage types such as HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, and RAID systems, ensuring that all data is thoroughly and securely erased regardless of the device. This versatility allows OCM to utilise Certus data wipe to handle the secure disposal or repurposing of almost any IT asset, maintaining data security across your entire hardware inventory.
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