History

Priority

should

Nov 2018

Removed

Removed due to being better served as supporting information.

2017

Agencies preventing the storage of sensitive or classified information on hard drives andenforcing scrubbing of the operating system’s swap files and other temporary data at logoffor shutdown should:• assess the security risks associated with such a practice• in the SSP specify the processes and conditions for their application.

2015

Agencies preventing the storage of sensitive or classified information on hard drives andenforcing scrubbing of the operating system’s swap files and other temporary data at logoffor shutdown should:• assess the security risks associated with such a practice• in the SSP specify the processes and conditions for their application.

2010

Agencies choosing to prevent the storage of classified information on non-volatile media when in use andenforcing scrubbing of temporary data at logoff or shutdown should:• assess the security risks associated with such a decision• specify in the systems’ SSP the processes and conditions for their application.

2008

Agencies choosing to prevent the storage of classified information on non-volatile media when in use and enforcing scrubbing of temporary data at logoff or shutdown to lower the requirements for the storage of classified media, as specified in the PSM, must: a. assess the risks associated with such a decision b. specify the processes and conditions for their application within the system’s SSP c. be awarded ICT security accreditation for the system the hardware product belongs to.