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This is important since many companies use MAC system and have requirement to comply with certain standard. The article on Filevault (Volume encryption with FileVault in macOS - Apple Support (IE)) talks about secure deletion but not if we comply to any complaince requirement when we follow this.
Should we procure tools for such deletion?
is disk wipe process for an M1-based Mac NIST 800-88 complaint?
Yes.
Refer to https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf
Ignore all references to magnetic media because they do not apply. Cryptographic Erasure occurs when you erase the device, since its encoding keys are destroyed upon erasure.
The applicable excerpt (emphasis added):
Cryptographic Erase (CE) leverages the encryption of target data by enabling sanitization of the
target data’s encryption key. This leaves only the ciphertext remaining on the media, effectively
sanitizing the data by preventing read-access.
Without the encryption key used to encrypt the target data, the data is unrecoverable.
That encryption is performed in hardware on M series Macs.
is disk wipe process for an M1-based Mac NIST 800-88 complaint?
Yes.
Refer to https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf
Ignore all references to magnetic media because they do not apply. Cryptographic Erasure occurs when you erase the device, since its encoding keys are destroyed upon erasure.
The applicable excerpt (emphasis added):
Cryptographic Erase (CE) leverages the encryption of target data by enabling sanitization of the
target data’s encryption key. This leaves only the ciphertext remaining on the media, effectively
sanitizing the data by preventing read-access.
Without the encryption key used to encrypt the target data, the data is unrecoverable.
That encryption is performed in hardware on M series Macs.
Although that document makes no specific reference to Macs, its Appendix A specifically addresses current and future production iPhones and iPads. Their data storage and encryption methods (and consequently, their respective means of destruction "clear" and "purge") are essentially identical to M series Macs.
If I were you, I would ask this question at apple business suppport
Business - Official Apple Support
is disk wipe process for an M1-based Mac NIST 800-88 complaint?
