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SI-12(03) Information Disposal

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged SI Privacy baseline part of SI-12

Title

Information Disposal

Control

Use the following techniques to dispose of, destroy, or erase information following the retention period: [Assignment: organization-defined techniques].

Discussion

Organizations can minimize both security and privacy risks by disposing of information when it is no longer needed. The disposal or destruction of information applies to originals as well as copies and archived records, including system logs that may contain personally identifiable information.

Parameters

si-12.3_prm_1: organization-defined techniques
si-12.03_odp.01: techniques
si-12.03_odp.02: techniques
si-12.03_odp.03: techniques

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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