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ECURITY
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PECIFICATION
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VERVIEW
The SSD supports erase, sanitization, and purge features that comply with industry-standard and
governmental data sanitization methods and specifications. In addition, the SSD implements the use of
the ATA Host Protected Area (HPA) feature set and security extensions, and the use of encrypted
partitions to further protect sensitive data.
S
ANITIZATION
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TANDARDS
Purge/Sanitize is the process of eliminating data and data remnants to prevent data recovery by any
known laboratory technique. Purge/Sanitize requires multiple erase and overwrite cycles, and in some
instances, partial or complete verification as specified by various government agency purge standards.
These standards include
AFSSI 5020, AR380-19, DOD 5220.22-M
,
IRIG 106-09, NAVSO P-5239-26
, and
NSA 9-12
. Table 17 lists the sanitization standards supported by the SSD.
Table 17: Sanitize Standards Compliance
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PECIFICATION
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OCUMENT
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OMMENT
AFSSI 5020
USA Air Force System Security, Instruction (AFFSI) 5020, 10 August 1996
. Specifies
the sanitization procedure for confidential media.
Chapter 5, Semiconductor Devices
,
describes the security procedure for all types of semiconductor media.
Paragraph 5.3
describes the procedure for sanitizing flash memory.
AR 380-19
Information Systems Security (ISS), March 27, 1998
. Provides the security
requirements for systems processing
Special Access Program (SAP)
information and
describes the ISS policy as it applies to security in hardware, software procedures,
telecommunication, personal use, physical environment, networks and firmware.
Section VII, Automated Information System Media, Section 2-20
, describes cleaning,
purging, declassifying and destroying media.
Appendix F-2
describes how to sanitize
flash memory.
DOD 5220.22-M
National Industrial Security Program, Operation Manual (NISOM), January 1995
.
Specifies the sanitization process for various media types in order to be declassified.
IRIG 106-9
Inter-Range Instrumentation Group, IRIG 106-09, Part 1, Telemetry Standards, April
2009, Chapter 10, Digital Recording Standard. Section 10.8 Declassification
describes
the method and algorithm that should be used to erase secure data on solid-state
media.
NAVSO P-5239-26
Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Program Guidelines
. Provides policy,
guidelines, and procedures for cleaning and purging computer system memory and
other storage media for release outside of and for reuse within controlled environments.
It pertains to both classified and sensitive unclassified information. Implements
DOD
5200.28-M
and
CSC-STD-005-85
. Chapter 3 describes the cleaning and purging of
data storage media.
NSA-9-12
Media Declassification and Destruction Manual, November 2000
. Specifies the
sanitization procedure for semiconductor memory devices.
