diff --git a/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/ArenaNativeAllocator.cs b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/ArenaNativeAllocator.cs
index 97631d1d..f34b5344 100644
--- a/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/ArenaNativeAllocator.cs
+++ b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/ArenaNativeAllocator.cs
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ public ArenaNativeAllocator(int capacity)
 
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
         // malloc
-        _buffer = (IntPtr)NativeMemory.Alloc((UIntPtr)capacity);
+        _buffer = (IntPtr)NativeMemory.AllocZeroed((UIntPtr)capacity);
 #else
         _buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(capacity);
+        new Span<byte>((void*)_buffer, Capacity).Clear();
 #endif
         Capacity = capacity;
     }
@@ -112,7 +113,11 @@ public void Free(IntPtr pointer)
     /// </remarks>
     public void Reset()
     {
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+        NativeMemory.Clear((void*)_buffer, (UIntPtr)Used);
+#else
         new Span<byte>((void*)_buffer, Used).Clear();
+#endif
         Used = 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/CStrings.cs b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/CStrings.cs
index 1d707839..4f832779 100644
--- a/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/CStrings.cs
+++ b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/CStrings.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the Git repository root directory for full license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace Interop.Runtime;
 
diff --git a/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/Disposable.cs b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/Disposable.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0edceeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/Disposable.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright (c) Bottlenose Labs Inc. (https://github.com/bottlenoselabs). All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the Git repository root directory for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace Interop.Runtime;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Represents a object instance that has unmanaged resources that can be free-ed, released, or reset.
+/// </summary>
+public abstract class Disposable : IDisposable
+{
+    private volatile int _isDisposed;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets a value indicating whether the object instance has free-ed, released, or reset unmanaged resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks><para><see cref="IsDisposed" /> is thread-safe via atomic operations.</para></remarks>
+    public bool IsDisposed => _isDisposed == 1;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Performs tasks related to freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
+    /// </summary>
+#pragma warning disable CA1063
+    public void Dispose()
+#pragma warning restore CA1063
+    {
+#pragma warning disable CS0420 // A reference to a volatile field will not be treated as volatile
+        var isDisposed = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _isDisposed, 1, 0);
+#pragma warning restore CS0420 // A reference to a volatile field will not be treated as volatile
+        if (isDisposed == 1)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Dispose(true);
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Finalizes an instance of the <see cref="Disposable" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsable(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+#pragma warning disable CA1063
+    ~Disposable()
+#pragma warning restore CA1063
+    {
+#pragma warning disable CS0420 // A reference to a volatile field will not be treated as volatile
+        var isDisposed = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _isDisposed, 1, 0);
+#pragma warning restore CS0420 // A reference to a volatile field will not be treated as volatile
+        if (isDisposed == 1)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Dispose(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Performs tasks related to freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="isDisposing">
+    ///     <c>true</c> if <see cref="Dispose()" /> was called explicitly. <c>false</c> if
+    ///     <see cref="Dispose()" /> was called implicitly by the garbage collector finalizer.
+    /// </param>
+    [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsable(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+    protected abstract void Dispose(bool isDisposing);
+}
diff --git a/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/NativeHandle.cs b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/NativeHandle.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..547813bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cs/production/Interop.Runtime/NativeHandle.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) Bottlenose Labs Inc. (https://github.com/bottlenoselabs). All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the Git repository root directory for full license information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace Interop.Runtime;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Represents an object instance that is associated with an unmanaged handle.
+/// </summary>
+public abstract class NativeHandle : Disposable
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets the unmanaged handle associated with the object instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     <para>
+    ///         <see cref="Handle" /> is <see cref="IntPtr.Zero" /> when <see cref="Disposable.IsDisposed" /> is
+    ///         <c>true</c>.
+    ///     </para>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public IntPtr Handle { get; internal set; }
+
+    internal NativeHandle(IntPtr handle)
+    {
+        Handle = handle;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
+    {
+        Handle = IntPtr.Zero;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/GenerateCSharpCode/CodeGeneratorDocumentInteropRuntime.cs b/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/GenerateCSharpCode/CodeGeneratorDocumentInteropRuntime.cs
index ce57a1f3..0303d988 100644
--- a/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/GenerateCSharpCode/CodeGeneratorDocumentInteropRuntime.cs
+++ b/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/GenerateCSharpCode/CodeGeneratorDocumentInteropRuntime.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public CodeProjectDocument Generate(CodeGeneratorDocumentOptions options)
                    using System;
                    using System.Globalization;
                    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+                   using System.Threading;
 
                    namespace Interop.Runtime{(options.IsEnabledFileScopedNamespace ? ";" : "{}")}
 
diff --git a/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/c2cs.Tool.csproj b/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/c2cs.Tool.csproj
index 32fb6dd9..92468e29 100644
--- a/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/c2cs.Tool.csproj
+++ b/src/cs/production/c2cs.Tool/c2cs.Tool.csproj
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@
 			<Visible>false</Visible>
 			<Link>ArenaNativeAllocator.cs</Link>
 		</EmbeddedResource>
+		<EmbeddedResource Include="..\Interop.Runtime\Disposable.cs">
+			<Visible>false</Visible>
+			<Link>Disposable.cs</Link>
+		</EmbeddedResource>
+		<EmbeddedResource Include="..\Interop.Runtime\NativeHandle.cs">
+			<Visible>false</Visible>
+			<Link>NativeHandle.cs</Link>
+		</EmbeddedResource>
 		<EmbeddedResource Include="appsettings.json" />
 	</ItemGroup>