Automate Data Erasure at Scale
Wiping drives one by one doesn't scale. Discover how enterprise IT teams and ITADs scale bulk erasure, standardize wipe workflows, and generate tamper-evident audit certificates automatically.
Why Manual Data Erasure Fails at Scale
As organizations grow, the volume of decommissioned hardware and offboarded employees scales exponentially. Relying on manual, drive-by-drive wiping methods creates a massive bottleneck. When you automate data erasure, you eliminate human error, drastically reduce labor costs, and ensure consistent compliance across your entire fleet.
The Automated Erasure Workflow
A modern IT or ITAD facility relies on a hands-off pipeline. Here is how the end-to-end automated erasure process works:
Intake & Connect
PXE boot or network connect multiple devices to the central server.
Policy & Queue
System auto-assigns erasure standards (e.g., NIST 800-88) based on device type.
Bulk Erase
Simultaneous, high-speed erasure executes across all queued endpoints.
Certificate Export
Tamper-evident audit logs and PDFs are auto-generated and synced.
Working Alongside Your RMM & MDM Tools
To truly automate data erasure, the evidence must live inside the tools your IT team already uses. D-Secure file erasure and drive erasure do not ship ready-made connectors for Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) or PSA platforms. Instead, every erasure produces signed reports that fit the workflows those platforms already manage, and a custom integration can be built when you need one.
Signed Reports for Your Tickets
Download the signed PDF report from the admin console and attach it to the device's ticket in your RMM or PSA tool, so the audit trail lives where your technicians already work.
MSI Remote Wiping (Coming Soon)
MSI remote Windows wiping via SCCM/Intune (Coming Soon) will let you start erasure through the endpoint management tools you already run.
API Integration on Request
Need erasure records to flow into your RMM, PSA or ITAM platform automatically? Our team can build a custom API for your integration.
Signed Reports: The Data Your Own Tools Can Use
D-Secure does not offer a command-line tool or a public API today. Erasure is started from the Drive Eraser and File Eraser interfaces. What makes the workflow automatable is the output: every Drive Eraser run produces a signed PDF report and a JSON report, signed with a 2048-bit key and protected with SHA-256, and both are collected in the report repository of the admin console.
- Signed PDF: a certificate on page 1 followed by summary pages, ready to hand to auditors, customers or lessors.
- JSON report: a machine-readable copy that your own scripts can read after you download it from the admin console.
- Admin console: one place to manage users, licences and the report repository, instead of collecting files from each station.
A short script of your own can match downloaded JSON reports to your asset register by drive serial number, flag assets that have no report, and attach the signed PDF to the matching ticket in ServiceNow, Jira or your ITAD system. Our automation guide walks through that workflow step by step.
Use Case: Streamlined Employee Offboarding
When an employee leaves an organization, securing their device data quickly is a critical compliance requirement. Today, D-Secure erasure runs on the returned laptop, and every step is documented. MSI remote wiping via SCCM/Intune (Coming Soon) will let IT teams start Windows erasure remotely. For phones, Smartphone Eraser (Coming Soon) is available through Early Access.
- Trigger: HR updates status to "Terminated" in Workday/Active Directory, and IT opens a device retirement ticket.
- Action: The laptop is returned or collected, and a technician starts D-Secure Drive Eraser from a bootable USB that runs on UEFI and Secure Boot systems.
- Execution: Drive Eraser wipes the NVMe drive using NIST SP 800-88 Clear or Purge methods.
- Audit: A signed PDF and JSON report is generated and collected in the report repository of the admin console, ready to attach to the ticket.
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