Every decisionmaker involved in protecting the confidentiality of information in public or private organizations should be concerned about the protection of information stored on disposed media. Media sanitization refers to a process that renders access to target data on the media infeasible for a given level of effort. Guidelines from NIST assist in making practical sanitization decisions, and in organizing, implementing, and improving sanitization programs. It is a comprehensive document defining elements of the process, including types and trends of sanitization, roles, and responsibilities in media disposal decision-making. It also includes information about sanitization techniques, tools, and resources. In this document you can find the essentials.

Based on the original publication from NIST 800-88-r1, US National Institute of Standards of Technology, 2014.

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