Topic

IT equipment disposal processes and procedures

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

Must

Jun 2024

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

References to ICT equipment were amended to IT equipment.

Dec 2022

ICT equipment disposal processes, and supporting ICT equipment disposal 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 disposal processes, and supporting ICT equipment disposal 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 disposal process, and supporting ICT equipment disposal procedures, is developed and implemented.

Security control 1550 was added to include a process for ICT equipment disposal.