Blancco Mobile Edition Erases iPhones, iPads

Finnish company Blancco has introduced its Blancco Mobile Edition, which is designed to allow corporations and recyclers to safely erase sensitive personal and business data from iPhones and iPads before replacing, selling or processing the equipment.

Blancco Mobile Edition can be used to erase large numbers of iPhones and iPads and produce individual audit reports showing vital evidence of the erasure process, according to the company.  

“Many corporations don’t realize that when they upgrade or recycle their staff smartphones, both private and business data – like contact details, family photos, company e-mails and personal Web use history – is still accessible in the smartphone’s memory,” says Ari Korpelainen, vice president of products for Blancco.

“Resetting a smartphone back to factory defaults does not permanently destroy data, as data can still be recovered,” Korpelainen adds. “This poses a serious data breach risk and therefore is not an effective erasure method. Using Blancco Mobile Edition ensures that the user data on your smartphone is permanently erased.”

In addition to erasing data on the iOS (iPhone and iPad) platform, Blancco Mobile Edition also supports Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms. The software lets companies connect multiple smartphones to a PC for simultaneous erasure and allows an operator to erase more than 300 devices per day.

More information is available at www.blancco.com/en/product-services/blancco-mobile-edition or http://www.blancco.com/erase-mobile-phone/, and a video demonstration can be viewed at http://www.blancco.com/en/product-services/videos/no-data-recovery-after-blancco-mobile-edition.