Computer Forensics Tools & Techniques Catalog
Forensic Functionality:Media Sanitization/Drive Re-use
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Technical Parameters: Tool host OS / runtime environment Supported media types Fill value Supported wipe functions Multiple concurrent wipe operations Built-in hidden sector support / overwrites hidden sectors Processor Type
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Windows Host-dependent (software tool) Pre-defined, user selectable IDE/PATA Secure Erase wipe Supported - limitted by number of available host computer connections, i.e., software tool Built-in support for overwriting hidden sectors Apple Silicon M1
Mac IDE/PATA User-definable DoD 5220-22M 7-pass wipe Supported - 1 + concurrent wipe operations No support for hidden sectors Apple Silicon M2
Linux SATA Zero-fill Multi-pass wipe (pre-defined iteration count) No support for concurrent wipe operations Apple T2
Custom boot environment (e.g., bootable Linux thumb drive/CD/DVD) SCSI Random fill Multi-pass wipe (iteration count user-definable)
Standalone device SAS Single pass wipe
PCIe IEEE 2883
Mini PCIe CESGCPA-HigherLevel
USB 2 HMG Infosec Standard 5, Higher Standard
USB 3 (at native speeds) HMG Infosec Standard 5, Lower Standard
CompactFlash Apple iOS Erasure
SD card Apple Erasure
NVMe
SSD-ATA
SSD-SCSI