NIST SP 800-88 Rev 1 MS-DESTROY-2: Shredding Particle Size for SSDs and Flash

SSDs and flash media require finer shred particle sizes than HDDs because individual memory chips can retain data. Shredding must produce particles small enough to disrupt NAND flash packages.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard 31 May 2026Control text last updated 21 May 2026

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MS-DESTROY-1 Destroy as Highest Sanitization Level
MS-DESTROY-3 Optical Media Destruction
MS-DESTROY-4 Paper and Microform Destruction
MS-DESTROY-5 Embedded Storage in Peripherals
MS-DESTROY-6 Networking Equipment Sanitization
MS-DESTROY-7 Mobile Devices and Tablets
MS-DESTROY-8 IoT and Embedded Systems

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