Keysight Technologies Truevolt Series, Truevolt 34465A, Truevolt 34460A, Truevolt 34461A, Truevolt 34470A Security Features And Volatility Documentation
Security Features and Volatility Documentation
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Model Numbers:
34460A
34461A
34465A
34470A
Product Family:
Truevolt Series of Digital Multimeters
5991-1950EN
Revision 2.0
January, 2015
© Keysight Technologies, Inc. 2013 - 2015
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4
Contacting Keysight Sales and Service Offices ........................................................... 4
Product Declassification and Security ......................................................................... 4
Terms and Definitions ................................................................................................... 5
Instrument Memory and Volatility Information ............................................................ 6
Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures ..................................... 11
User and Remote Interface Security Measures ......................................................... 13
Procedure for Declassifying a Faulty Instrument ....................................................... 17
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Product Declassification and Security Product Name: Truevolt Series of Digital Multimeters
Model Numbers: 34460A, 34461A, 34465A, 34470A
Introduction
This document describes instrument security features and the steps to declassify an
instrument through memory sanitization or removal. For additional information please
go to www.keysight.com/find/security or www.keysight.com/find/ad and click
Instrument Security in the Related Links area.
Contacting Keysight Sales and Service Offices
Assistance with test and measurement needs, and information to help you find a local
Keysight office, is available at www.keysight.com/find/assist. Otherwise, please contact
your designated Keysight representative.
Note: In any correspondence or telephone conversation, refer to the instrument by its
model number and full serial number. With this information, the Keysight representative
can determine whether your unit is still within its warranty period.
Product Declassification and Security
Model Numbers:
34460A, 34461A, 34465A, 34470A
Product Name:
34460A – Digital multimeter, 6½-digit, basic Truevolt DMM
34461A – Digital multimeter, 6½-digit, 34401A replacement, Truevolt DMM
34465A – Digital multimeter, 6½-digit, Truevolt DMM
34470A – Digital multimeter, 7½-digit, Truevolt DMM
Product Family Name:
Truevolt Series of Digital Multimeters
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Product Declassification and Security Product Name: Truevolt Series of Digital Multimeters
Model Numbers: 34460A, 34461A, 34465A, 34470A
Terms and Definitions
Clearing
As defined in Section 8-301a of DoD 5220.22-M, “National Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)”, clearing is the process of eradicating the
data on media before reusing the media so that the data can no longer be
retrieved using the standard interfaces on the instrument. Clearing is typically
used when the instrument is to remain in an environment with an acceptable level
of protection.
Instrument Declassification
A term that refers to procedures that must be undertaken before an instrument
can be removed from a secure environment, such as is the case when the
instrument is returned for calibration. Declassification procedures include
memory sanitization or memory removal, or both. Keysight declassification
procedures are designed to meet the requirements specified in DoD 5220.22-M,
“National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)”, Chapter 8.
Sanitization
As defined in Section 8-301b of DoD 5220.22-M, “National Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)”, sanitization is the process of removing or
eradicating stored data so that the data cannot be recovered using any known
technology. Instrument sanitization is typically required when an instrument is
moved from a secure to a non-secure environment, such as when it is returned to
the factory for calibration.
Keysight memory sanitization procedures are designed for customers who need to
meet the requirements specified by the US Defense Security Service (DSS). These
requirements are specified in the “Clearing and Sanitization Matrix” in Appendix O
of the ODAA Process Guide for C&A of Classified Systems under NISPOM.
Secure Erase
Secure Erase is a term that is used to refer to either the clearing or sanitization
features of Keysight instruments.
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Product Declassification and Security Product Name: Truevolt Series of Digital Multimeters
Memory Type
and Size
User accessible as a
mass storage device?
Writable During
Normal Operation?
Data Retained When
Powered Off?
Purpose/Contents
Data Input
Method
Location in
Instrument and
Remarks
Sanitization
Procedure
System Flash
(NAND Flash)
45 MB
No
Yes
Yes
Contains operating
system, instrument
firmware, and the
firmware recovery
image
Factory
Install /
Firmware
Upgrade
Front panel
U203
1819-0707
(same chip as other
parts, but managed
separately)
N/A, contains
no applicationspecific
information.
User Flash
(NAND Flash)
80 MB
Yes
Yes
Yes
User data,
configuration and
preference files,
screen capture files,
instrument state
files, and user
reading storage
User-saved
data
Front panel
U203
1819-0707
(same chip as other
parts, but managed
separately)
NAND Flash
Sanitize –
See Table 1
Calibration
Store
(NAND Flash)
3 MB
No
Yes
Yes
Calibration
constants,
calibration count,
secure count,
security code, and
calibration message
Factory or
Service and
user
calibration
Front panel
U203
1819-0707
(same chip as other
parts, but managed
separately)
N/A, contains
no applicationspecific
information.
Model Numbers: 34460A, 34461A, 34465A, 34470A
Instrument Memory and Volatility Information
This section contains information on the types of memory available in your instrument,
including the memory size, usage, location, volatility, and sanitization procedure.
This instrument uses one NAND Flash memory chip to retain the needed system
information and the user memory partition. The User memory partition is separate and
independent so that the sanitization procedures may be applied to only this partition on
a sector by sector basis.
Performing an instrument sanitization requires the instrument Security option (SEC) to
be installed. Please refer to the Truevolt Series Operating and Service Guide for more
information on available options.
Summary of instrument memory - base instrument
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