Beyond data erasure, comes content validation. Taking a layered security approach, you must trust and verify. There is a recognized critical difference between erasure and validation. Manufacturers (OEM) main business function is to develop and launch products. Finding ourselves in the technology era, devices are delivered with an obscure promise of data security. Xerone has proven over the years, in multiple cases, that all data is not removed from factory resets. In time, there have been instances of failed judgment and opinions on manufacturer data erasure processes.