Pass as standard practice for sanitizing hard drives. WhiteCanyon Software recommends using the NIST single Most regulatory bodies, including in government, now look to the NIST 800-88 as their standard because of new technology. More and more organizations are seeing the advantages of switching to NIST 800-88 guidelines instead.

The DoD 5220.22-M has long been an industry standard when it comes to data sanitization, but the tide is quickly changing.