Draft:Volatility (computing)

A simple definition of volatility is any "storage media that require an external power supply to maintain stored information."[1] More generally, volatility "measures how quickly data disappears from a system."[2] Contemporary information storage technologies encompass a wide range of volatility characteristics (i.e., time preserved, garbage collection procedures, recoverability). Storage technologies can be ranked according to their volatility by aggregating these characteristics; this ranking is sometimes referred to as the order of volatility.

  1. ^ R. Shirey (August 2007). Internet Security Glossary, Version 2. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4949. RFC 4949. Informational. Obsoletes RFC 2828.
  2. ^ Jens-Petter Sandvik; Katrin Franke; Habtamu Abie; André Årnes (April 2022). "Quantifying data volatility for IoT forensics with examples from Contiki OS". Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. 40 (Supplement). doi:10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301343.