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Prohibit Use of Sanitization-resistant Media

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Prohibit the use of sanitization-resistant media in organizational systems.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Sanitization resistance refers to how resistant media are to non-destructive sanitization techniques with respect to the capability to purge information from media. Certain types of media do not support sanitization commands, or if supported, the interfaces are not supported in a standardized way across these devices. Sanitization-resistant media includes compact flash, embedded flash on boards and devices, solid state drives, and USB removable media.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for MP-7(2) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. sanitization-resistant media is identified;
  2. the use of sanitization-resistant media in organizational systems is prohibited.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System media protection policy; system use policy; procedures addressing media usage restrictions; rules of behavior; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system media use responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for media use; mechanisms prohibiting use of media on systems or system components].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control MP-7 — see the MP-7(2) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for MP-7(2). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • System media protection policy
  • system use policy
  • system security plan

Configuration

  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Organizational processes for media use
  • mechanisms prohibiting use of media on systems or system components

Other Records

  • procedures addressing media usage restrictions
  • rules of behavior
  • other relevant documents or records