IT equipment, including associated media, that is located overseas and has processed, stored or communicated AUSTEO or AGAO data that cannot be sanitised in situ, is returned to Australia for destruction.
Topic
Sanitising highly sensitive IT equipment
Applicable to
Secret, Top Secret
History
Priority
should
Jun 2024
IT equipment, including associated media, that is located overseas and has processed, stored or communicated AUSTEO or AGAO data that cannot be sanitised in situ, is returned to Australia for destruction.
References to ICT equipment were amended to IT equipment.
Dec 2021
ICT equipment, including associated media, that is located overseas and has processed, stored or communicated AUSTEO or AGAO data that cannot be sanitised in situ, is returned to Australia for destruction.
Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:
• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.
• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.
• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.
• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.
• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.
• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.
2015
ICT equipment and associated media that is located overseas and has processed or storedAUSTEO or AGAO information that cannot be sanitised must be returned to Australia fordestruction.
2010
Agencies should return ICT equipment and associated media that have processed or stored AUSTEOor AGAO information to Australia for sanitisation or destruction, declassification and disposal.
2008
Agencies should return hardware products and associated media that have processed or stored Australian Eyes Only and/or Australian Government Access Only information to Australia for sanitisation or destruction, de-classification and disposal.