Topic

IT equipment sanitisation processes and procedures

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Jun 2024

IT equipment sanitisation processes, and supporting IT equipment sanitisation procedures, are developed, implemented and maintained.

References to ICT equipment were amended to IT equipment.

Dec 2022

ICT equipment sanitisation processes, and supporting ICT equipment sanitisation procedures, are developed, implemented and maintained.

Existing controls relating to the development and implementation of cyber security documentation were amended to ensure documentation is maintained throughout its lifetime.

Dec 2021

ICT equipment sanitisation processes, and supporting ICT equipment sanitisation procedures, are developed and implemented.

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.

Aug 2019

An ICT equipment sanitisation process, and supporting ICT equipment sanitisation procedures, is developed and implemented.

Security control 0313 was modified to include a process for ICT equipment sanitisation.

Jul 2019

Procedures for the sanitisation and disposal of ICT equipment are developed and implemented.

2017

Agencies must have a documented process for the sanitisation and disposal of ICT equipment.

Control Text Changed. No public explaination.

2015

Agencies must have a documented process for the disposal of ICT equipment.

2010

Agencies must have a documented process for the disposal of ICT equipment.

2008

Agencies must have a documented process for the disposal of hardware products.