A.7.14 Secure disposal or re-use of equipment
Verify that sensitive data and licensed software are removed or securely overwritten before disposal or re-use.
16
artefacts
3
held by a system
3
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Certificate of Destruction · Data governance / DLP tooling
- Secure Erase Tool Log · SIEM / log platform
- Audit Trail of Data Sanitization · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Verification Screenshot of Zero‑Fill · SIEM / log platform
- Risk Assessment for Re‑use · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Change Management Record for Re‑deployment · Ticketing / ITSM
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Asset Disposal Register · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Third‑party Disposal Contract · Vendor register / contract repository
- Disposal Approval Email · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Wiping Procedure Checklist · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Standard Operating Procedure for Asset Retirement · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Employee Acknowledgement Form · HR system / LMS
- Software License Inventory List · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- License De‑installation Confirmation · Document repository
- License Transfer Agreement · Vendor register / contract repository
- Compliance Report for Re‑used Assets · Document repository
First move
Mostly documents and reviews. Pull the 3 system-held artefacts from your SIEM / log platform on a schedule; put the documents under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Relying on visual inspection only
- Missing documentation for third‑party disposal
- Inconsistent wiping methods across device types
- Failure to verify license removal before redeployment
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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