Zeroization

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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A method of erasing electronically stored data, cryptographic keys, and Credentials Service Providers (CSPs) by altering or deleting the contents of the data storage to prevent recovery of the data.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

A method of erasing electronically stored data, cryptographic keys, and CSPs by altering or deleting the contents of the data storage to prevent recovery of the data.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Information Class

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Zeroizations
possessive: Zeroization's
pluralpossessive: Zeroizations'

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