Serving the Critical Data Storage Needs
of Industrial and OEM Customers
Serving the Critical Data Storage Needs
of Industrial and OEM Customers
Flash Storage Solutions for Embedded Designs
High Reliability Flash SSDs, Cards and Modules for Industrial Applications
Resolving CompactFlash Card UDMA Compatibility Issues
Posted by Biraj Jamalayam on Tuesday, 08 Apr 2014
CompactFlash cards have been the dominant choice for embedded storage in Industrial Electronic Systems. Attracted by the universal standard in both interface and form factor, the CompactFlash cards have migrated from the storage media predominantly used in consumer devices such as Digital Cameras and MP3 players to Industrial Applications and non-consumer platforms.
In embedded applications, CompactFlash cards are generally used as a higher reliability and more robust storage system to replace traditional Hard Disk Drives. The CompactFlash card includes a TrueIDE interface to emulate the bus interface of the ATA/IDE bus and make Flash storage transparent to the host system.
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DOD 5220.22-M Requirement - Secure Data Purge From The Flash Storage Device
Posted by Samuel Nakhimovsky on Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014
DoD 5520.22-M Security Data Purge
Another ubiquitous and popular data sanitization method to safely and securely erase sensitive data from a storage device, including Flash SSDs, is DoD 5220.22-M. This method was initially defined by the US National Industrial Security Program (NISP) in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and is one of the most commonly used data sanitization methods used in data destruction software. Another item to note is that the NISPOM does not define any US government standard for data sanitization. The Cognizant Security Authority (CSA) is truly responsible for data sanitization standards.
The DoD 5220.22-M data sanitization method is implemented in the following way in Fortasa Flash SSDs.:
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NSA Manual 130-12 Requirement - Secure Data Purge From The Flash Storage Device
Posted by Samuel Nakhimovsky on Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014
National Security Agency
Media Sanitization Manual
A more detailed and elaborate data sanitization method to purge resident data from the storage media, including Flash Storage, quickly and securely is defined in NSA Manual, Section 130-12. Currently, the Manual 9-12 supersedes NSA/CSS Manual 130-12.
The NSA method requires the destructive sequence below to overwrite existing information on a hard drive, SSD, Flash card or other storage device. The NSA data sanitization method is defined to be implemented in the following way:
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NAVSO P-5239-26 Requirement - Secure Data Purge From The Flash Storage Device
Posted by Samuel Nakhimovsky on Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014
Another commonly used data sanitization method to securely and efficiently purge all stored data from the Flash storage device is NAVSO P-5239-26. Defined originally in Navy Staff Office Publication 5239 Module 26: Information Systems Security Program Guidelines, published by the US Navy. This method requires the destructive sequence below to overwrite existing information on a hard drive, SSD, Flash card or other storage device.
The NAVSO P-5239-26 data sanitization method is defined to be implemented in the following way:
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