As an IT professional, you know the significance of safeguarding corporate data from theft or loss. Although implementing anti-theft measures for devices is important, data wiping is equally critical for security. It is essential to understand the value of your data, as it is the lifeblood of your business, and data wiping can protect your company’s most valuable asset.

In the 21st century, modern corporations rely heavily on information technology embedded into various devices such as sensors, processors, laptops, and mobile devices. Access to sensitive data is crucial for the team, even when they are on the move. However, our IT assets are constantly under threat, as evidenced by the recent theft of 3,000 photographs of the British Royal Family from Pippa Middleton’s iCloud account, resulting in a ransomware case.

We cannot treat such cases lightly, as they involve complex and dynamic business entities like the Royal Family. Professional treatment and security measures are essential to safeguard against data breaches and ransomware attacks.

Protecting your corporate data

Ensuring the security of laptops and mobile devices is crucial in safeguarding the sensitive information they store. According to PC World, theft or loss of laptops, desktops, and flash drives highlight the need for enhanced physical security and employee training.

CSOonline.com reports that 80% of corporate laptops and desktops contain sensitive data, and 46% of IT decision-makers store sensitive data in the cloud. The cost of a global data breach averages $3.79 million, and failure to keep data secure could lead to lawsuits or fines by customers, clients, employees, or suppliers.

The ITRC’s 2022 Data Breach Report reveals that the number of publicly reported data breaches in the US reached 1,862 in 2021, with device loss or theft and other physical attacks accounting for a significant portion of the known causes.

HBR reports that 28% of executives consider theft or loss of mobile devices their primary concern and only 45% use inventories of authorized and unauthorized software and devices.

Data wiping for stolen laptops.

Data wiping is the secure process of erasing all data from a device, preventing it from being retrieved using conventional data recovery techniques. Remote data wiping can safeguard sensitive corporate data on lost or stolen devices but also erase personal data on employees’ devices.

A survey shows that 7 out of 10 people would avoid using personal devices for work if they knew their employer could remotely wipe them. Tech 4 Business suggests three options to protect data remotely: using a mobile provider’s remote wipe, implementing software to perform a remote wipe, or relying on encryption to make the data unreadable.

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