ISM-0321

When disposing of IT equipment that has been designed or modified to meet emanation security standards, ASD is contacted for requirements relating to its disposal.

Topic
Disposal of IT equipment
Applicable to
Secret, Top Secret

History

Priority
must
Jun 2024
When disposing of IT equipment that has been designed or modified to meet emanation security standards, ASD is contacted for requirements relating to its disposal.
References to ICT equipment were amended to IT equipment.
Sep 2023
When disposing of ICT equipment that has been designed or modified to meet emanation security standards, ASD is contacted for requirements relating to its disposal.
References to ‘ACSC’ were replaced with ‘ASD’.
Dec 2021
When disposing of ICT equipment that has been designed or modified to meet emanation security standards, the ACSC is contacted for requirements relating 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 ICT equipment that has been designed or modified to meet TEMPEST standards, the ACSC is contacted for requirements relating to its secure disposal.
Security control 0321 was reintroduced and amended to change references to ‘TEMPEST-rated ICT equipment’ to ‘ICT equipment designed or modified to meet TEMPEST standards’.
Nov 2018
Removed
Removed due to a merge of relevant content into security control 0315.
2017
Agencies must contact ASD and comply with any requirements for disposing of TEMPESTrated ICT equipment.
2015
Agencies must contact ASD and comply with any requirements for disposing of TEMPESTrated ICT equipment.
2010
Agencies must contact DSD and comply with any requirements for disposing of TEMPEST ratedICT equipment.
2008
Agencies must contact DSD for advice regarding the disposal of TEMPEST rated equipment or if the equipment is non-functional.