Clear, Purge, or Destroy
Recall when clear, purge, and destroy are appropriate for records-bearing media and datasets.
CPD What are the three NIST sanitization action families? Think escalating assurance. Recall Clear vs. destroy: which is the move for internal laptop reuse? Compare Choose based on risk, media type, and reuse plan. The records are expired, so IT can just delete the files. Use this when disposition and sanitization are being conflated. Your line Eligibility tells us the records may be disposed. Sanitization tells us whether recoverable data remains on the media or platform. Do not imply records approval alone proves secure disposal. It separates records authority from technical end-of-life controls. What proof should accompany sanitization? Method, scope,…
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