An overwrite technology using firmware-based process to overwrite a hard drive. Is a drive command defined in the ANSI ATA and SCSI disk drive interface specifications, which runs inside drive hardware. It completes in about 1/8 the time of 5220 block erasure. (SP 800-88) (NISTIR)
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An overwrite technology using firmware-based process to overwrite a hard drive. Is a drive command defined in the ANSI ATA and SCSI disk drive interface specifications, which runs inside drive hardware. It completes in about 1/8 the time of 5220 block erasure. (SP 800-88) (NISTIR)
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Secure Erase. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/secure-erase
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