Clear And Sanitize Procedures - Tektronix MDO4104C Declassification And Security Instructions

Clear and Sanitize Procedures

Type of User Info Stored
Method of Modification
User Accessible
To Clear
To Sanitize
Declassification and Security Instructions
The following terms are used in the tables in this section:
This column describes the type of user information that is stored in the device:
User data. Waveforms and other measurement data that represent signals
that users connect to the instrument.
User settings. Instrument settings that the user can change.
Both. Both user data and user settings are stored in the device.
None. Neither user data nor user settings are stored in the device.
This column indicates the method of modifying data:
Direct. The user can modify the data.
Indirect. The instrument system resources modify the data. The user cannot
modify the data.
This column indicates whether you can retrieve the device contents:
Yes. You can directly retrieve the memory device contents.
No. You cannot retrieve the memory device contents.
This column tells how to clear data from the media or memory device before
reusing it in a secured area. All reusable memory is cleared to deny access to
previously stored information by standard means of access.
This column tells how to eradicate the data from the media or memory device so
that the data cannot be recovered by other means or technology. This is typically
used when the device will be moved (temporarily or permanently) from a secured
area to a nonsecured area.
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