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different patterns to sanitize the flash media. Some of the more common military
or government purge routines are defined in the following table and the data
security features of the drive comply with Department of Defense (DoD) and US
military data security standards.
Table 2-12: Military Secure Erase / Sanitize Routines
Standard Action SSD
1
NSA/CSS 9-12 Erase and overwrite all locations with a known unclassified
pattern. Verify the overwrite procedure by randomly
rereading the overwritten information to confirm that only
the known pattern can be recovered.
Note 1
NSA/CSS 130-2 Erase the media and overwrite with random data 2 times,
then erase and overwrite with a character
Note 1
DoD5220.22-M Erase the media and overwrite with single character, then
erase again
Note 1
NISPOMSUP
Chap 8, Sect.8-501
Erase the media and overwrite with single character, then
erase again and overwrite with single character, then
erase again and overwrite with random character then
erase again
Note 1
USA Army 380-19 Erase the media and overwrite with random data, erase
and overwrite with a character, then erase and overwrite
with complement of the character
Note 1
Navy NAVSO P-5239-
26
Erase the media and overwrite with random data, then
erase again
Note 1
Air Force AFSSI 5020 Erase the media and overwrite with pattern, repeat 3 times Note 1
Air Force AFSSI 8580 TBD Note 1
Notes:
1. Enabled using ATA commands
