Equipment Disposal
What is Equipment Disposal?
Secure processes for decommissioning and disposing of IT equipment to prevent data recovery and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
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What the standards actually require on equipment disposal
Requirements naming equipment disposal across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
IT equipment disposal processes, and supporting IT equipment disposal procedures, are developed, implemented and maintained.
ISM-1550 · IT equipment disposal processes and procedures →Keep approved procedures for securely disposing of equipment used away from company premises, and where equipment is not physically destroyed, apply a data destruction method that makes recovery impossible. Review at least annually.
CCM-DCS-01 · Off-Site Equipment Disposal Policy and Procedures →Policies and procedures govern how equipment used away from the organisation's premises is securely disposed of. Equipment that is not physically destroyed must go through a data destruction method that makes the information unrecoverable.
cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::DCS-02 · Off-Site Equipment Disposal Policy and Procedures →Agencies must engage the GCSB and meet any requirements it sets when disposing of TEMPEST rated IT equipment, or when the equipment no longer functions.
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::12.6.5.C.04 · 12.6.5.C.04 GCSB requirements for TEMPEST or non-functional equipment disposal →Procedural controls in company policy, SMS and security procedures govern how people use onboard systems, and security-sensitive plans stay confidential.
BIMCO-7.3 · Procedural protection measures →Kuwait NCF Protect function (Infrastructure). Network Security and Segmentation: defense in depth + perimeter (firewall + WAF + DDoS mitigation) + internal segmentation (microsegmentation + VLAN + zero-trust network access ZTNA) + east-west traffic inspection...
KNCF-Protect-Network-Configuration-Vulnerability-Physical-Secure-SDLC-Hardening-Patching-Drift · Kuwait NCF Protect + Network + Configuration + Vulnerability + Physical + Secure SDLC →Questions people ask about equipment disposal
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