MP-6 Media Sanitization
a. Sanitize organization-defined system media prior to disposal, release out of organizational control, or release for reuse using organization-defined sanitization techniques and procedures; and b. Employ sanitization mechanisms with the strength and integrity commensurate with the security category or classification of the information.
Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, MP-6. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 in the compliance library.
Base controls and their enhancements. Which apply follows the baseline you are assessed against (for example FedRAMP Moderate or High, or the low, moderate and high baselines of SP 800-53B). Text in square brackets is a parameter your organisation sets.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Media sanitization records · Data governance / DLP tooling
- System audit records · Data governance / DLP tooling
- Test of Organizational processes for media sanitization; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing media sanitization · Data governance / DLP tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- System media protection policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Procedures addressing media sanitization and disposal · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Applicable federal standards and policies addressing media sanitization policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System design documentation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Records retention and disposition policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Records retention and disposition procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System configuration settings and associated documentation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Media is released for reuse or disposed of without sanitization records showing the defined technique was applied
- Sanitization method used, such as simple deletion, is not commensurate with the security category of the stored information
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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