PRELIMINARY/CONFIDENTIAL
MACH2 2.5-Inch Serial ATA Solid State Drive
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Vendor-Specific ATA Commands
As with standard ATA commands, the software requirements and syntax of the vendor-specific ATA
commands the host issues to the SSD are issued to the ATA by loading the required registers in the
command block with supplied parameters, and then writing the command code to the register. For
additional information on proprietary STEC ATA commands, contact your STEC representative. The
contact information is found under
Contact and Ordering Information
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Sanitization Standards
The SSD complies with the sanitization requirements described in Table 16.
Table 16.
Sanitize Standards Compliance
Specification
Document Description/Comment
USA 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 considered declassified.
NSA 130-2
Media Declassification and Destruction Manual, November
2000. Specifies the sanitization procedure for semiconductor
memory devices.
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.
AFSSI 5020
USA Air Force System Security Instruction (AFSSI) 5020, 20
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.
Navso P-5239-26
Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Program
Guidelines. Provides policy, guidelines, and procedures for
clearing 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.
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