NIST SP 800-88 Rev 2
Section 3: sanitization methods (clear, purge, destroy) and cryptographic erase – NIST SP 800-88 Rev 2

NIST SP 800-88 Rev 2 3.1.3: Destroy: render recovery infeasible and the media unusable by disintegrating, incinerating, melting, pulverizing or shredding; partial damage does not count; avoid shred and pulverize for dense media above the lowest category

What does 3.1.3 require?

The destroy method suits all hard copy and most ISM other than virtual storage: it makes recovery of the target data infeasible even in a laboratory and leaves the ISM unable to store data. It can be the sole remaining choice once an ISM has failed or its interface is obsolete. Recognised physical techniques are disintegration into unrecognisable particles or constituent elements, incineration to ash, melting, pulverizing to powder and shredding into small particles. Bending, cutting or emergency measures such as drilling or shooting only partly damage the ISM and leave portions recoverable. As data density and material hardness rise, some techniques lose effectiveness, so shredding and pulverizing of ISM are reserved for data in the lowest security categories only.

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