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AC-04(25) Data Sanitization

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged AC part of AC-4

Title

Data Sanitization

Control

When transferring information between different security domains, sanitize data to minimize [Selection (one or more): delivery of malicious content, command and control of malicious code, malicious code augmentation, and steganography-encoded data; spillage of sensitive information] in accordance with [Assignment: policy].

Discussion

Data sanitization is the process of irreversibly removing or destroying data stored on a memory device (e.g., hard drives, flash memory/solid state drives, mobile devices, CDs, and DVDs) or in hard copy form.

Parameters

ac-04.25_odp.01: [delivery of malicious content, command and control of malicious code, malicious code augmentation, and steganography-encoded data; spillage of sensitive information]
ac-04.25_odp.02: policy

Related controls

mp-6

Assessment objective

AC-04(25) when transferring information between different security domains, data is sanitized to minimize [Selection (one or more): delivery of malicious content, command and control of malicious code, malicious code augmentation, and steganography-encoded data; spillage of sensitive information] in accordance with [Assignment: policy].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).