Increasing requirements due to faster innovation cycles, complex organizations and stricter legal requirements (EU GDPR) require modern erasure processes. These not only have to be 100% secure and verifiable, but also have to be seamlessly integrated into existing infrastructures. In our lecture we will i.a. present the following topics: - Updated standards: DoD vs. NIST with reference to the BSI basic protection - Splunk, ServiceNow, and Co. - open interfaces and extensive compatibility open up new possibilities - Azure, AWS and Co. - Use new technologies without compromising security. - SCCM and Co. data erasure - fully automated, precisely and centrally controlled