This standard specifies methods for sanitization of Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) media, including overwrite and encryption-based erasure and corruption techniques that can be implemented in software and hardware. The standard evaluates the effectiveness of these techniques and provides guidelines for their implementation. The standard enables organizations to securely protect sensitive data with or without relying on impractical or undesirable methods such as degaussing or physical destruction.
- Standard Committee
- MS/MagSoc-SC - Magnetics Society Standards Committee
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2026-03-26
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Magnetics Society
- Standard Committee
- MS/MagSoc-SC - Magnetics Society Standards Committee
- Working Group
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HAMR Media Sanitization - Developing Sanitization Standards for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Media
- IEEE Program Manager
- Malia Zaman
Contact Malia Zaman - Working Group Chair
- Daniel Gopman
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