Topic

Supervision of accountable material destruction

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Sep 2023

The destruction of media storing accountable material is performed under the supervision of at least two cleared personnel.

The existing control covering the destruction of media storing accountable material was slightly reworded to ensure consistency of language.

Dec 2021

The destruction of media storing accountable material is performed under the supervision of at least two personnel cleared to its sensitivity or classification.

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

Agencies must perform the destruction of accountable material under the supervision of atleast two personnel cleared to the sensitivity or classification of the media being destroyed.

2010

Agencies must perform the destruction of accountable material under the supervision of at least twopersonnel cleared to the highest classification of the media being destroyed.

2008

Agencies must perform the destruction of accountable material, as defined in part C of the PSM, under the supervision of two staff members cleared to the highest level of the media being destroyed.