SR-12 Component Disposal
Dispose of organization-defined data, documentation, tools, or system components using the following techniques and methods: organization-defined techniques and methods.
Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, SR-12. 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
- Disposal records for system components · Data governance / DLP tooling
- Test of Organizational techniques and methods for system component disposal; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing system component disposal · Data governance / DLP tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Supply chain risk management policy and procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Supply chain risk management plan · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Disposal procedures addressing supply chain protection · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Media disposal policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Media protection policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Documentation of the system components identified for disposal · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Documentation of the disposal techniques and methods employed for system components · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System security plan · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Components and documentation are disposed of without the defined techniques, leaving data recoverable
- No disposal records show which data, tools or components were destroyed and by what method
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