High assurance IT equipment is destroyed prior to its disposal.
Topic
Destroying high assurance IT equipment
Applicable to
Secret, Top Secret
History
Priority
required
Jun 2024
High assurance IT equipment is destroyed prior to its disposal.
References to high assurance ICT equipment were amended to high assurance IT equipment.
Mar 2022
High assurance ICT equipment is destroyed prior to its disposal.
Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.
Dec 2021
When disposing of high assurance ICT equipment, it is destroyed prior to its disposal.
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.
Dec 2020
When disposing of high assurance ICT equipment, it is destroyed prior to its disposal.
Security control 0315 was amended to remove references to TEMPEST-rated ICT equipment, and to replace the recommendation to contact the ACSC with a recommendation that high assurance ICT equipment be destroyed prior to disposal.
Nov 2020
If disposing of high assurance ICT equipment or TEMPEST-rated ICT equipment, the ACSC is contacted for requirements relating to its secure disposal.
2015
Agencies must contact ASD and comply with any requirements for the disposal of HighAssurance products.
2010
Agencies are required to contact DSD and comply with any requirements for the disposal of HGCE.
2008
Agencies are required to contact DSD for advice on the disposal of HGCE.