ISM-0161

IT equipment and media are secured when not in use.

Topic
Securing IT equipment and media
Applicable to
all

History

Priority
must
Jun 2024
IT equipment and media are secured when not in use.
References to ICT equipment were amended to IT equipment.
Mar 2019
ICT equipment and media are secured when not in use.
Security control 0161 was modified to clarify that ICT equipment and media needs to be secured when not in use.
Feb 2019
ICT equipment and media are secured in accordance with their sensitivity or classification.
2015
Agencies must ensure that ICT equipment and media with sensitive or classified information issecured in accordance with the requirements for storing sensitive or classified information inthe Australian Government Physical Security Management Protocol.
2010
Agencies must ensure that during non-operational hours ICT equipment with classified media is secured inaccordance with the minimum physical security requirements for storing classified information as specifiedin the Physical Security Protocol of the PSPF.
2008
Agencies must ensure that during non-operational hours hardware products with classified media are secured in accordance with the minimum physical security storage requirements specified in the PSM.