is disk wipe process for an M1-based Mac NIST 800-88 complaint?

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?

Posted on Aug 7, 2023 11:27 PM

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Posted on Aug 8, 2023 5:00 PM

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.

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Aug 8, 2023 5:00 PM in response to SGPG

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.

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