What NIST 800-88 actually requires, and why the certificate matters.
The federal guideline for media sanitization. It defines "Clear" and "Purge" level sanitization, overwriting or resetting storage so data cannot be recovered by normal means, while leaving the drive usable for reissue or resale.
Used across federal agencies, healthcare, and enterprise IT as the baseline for "the data is really gone" on a drive.
Overwrites data so it can't be recovered with standard tools.
A stronger pass intended to defeat lab-level recovery techniques.
Documented wiping supports HIPAA obligations when retiring systems that touched patient data.
School districts retiring devices with student records get the same documented chain of custody.
Agencies and contractors get wiping handled to the standard their own policy requires, on paper.
A Certificate of Erasure by serial number is evidence you can hand an auditor directly.
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