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Overloaded CIOs, Expired Policies: What Sparked the 2025 Data Sanitization Report

What’s really driving data management trends in 2025?

In this ISMG.Studio interview, Fredrik Forslund, VP & GM, International Sales, and Maurice Uenuma, VP & GM, Americas, explain why Blancco surveyed 2,000 IT, cybersecurity, and ESG leaders for the 2025 State of Data Sanitization Report. Rather than rehashing familiar news, they explore the converging forces reshaping data governance and hardware lifecycle planning.

 

During the conversation, Fredrik calls out the growing strain on CIOs as they try to balance urgent priorities. He asks: How do you reconcile security and sustainability goals when AI adoption, ESG reporting, and the looming end‑of‑life of Windows 10 collide with infrastructure planning?

Maurice tackles the execution gap: Why do so many organizations acknowledge the need for secure data sanitization yet still rely on outdated or inconsistent policies? What changes are needed to align with modern data erasure standards and unlock the benefits of reuse and efficiency? These are some of the questions the interview explores, inviting you to consider how your own organization stacks up.

That gap between recognition and action shows up across the industry. As Jonmichael Hands of the Circular Drive Initiative has noted:

The biggest hindrance to increased IT asset circularity is outdated policy! The latest data storage specifications have everything a company needs to assess data security and media sanitization policy, but IT managers and decision makers often work under or insist on outdated frameworks and processes.

This interview sets the stage, but there’s more to uncover. Watch the on‑demand webinar for a broader look at how enterprise IT and ESG leaders are responding to new pressures—from AI adoption to erasure standards—and discover actionable strategies drawn from the report. Don’t miss this chance to get ahead of the curve.

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