“Shoot Here”: Does Secure-Erase Work to Protect Sensitive Military Data?
For many military applications, the ability to secure-erase (“zeroize”) flash memory and SSDs is a critical element to protecting classified information such as data, crypto keys, or software programs from falling into enemy hands. But the wide variance among flash drives means that each implementation of security commands must be individually tested before it can be trusted to properly sanitize the drive.
