NIST800-MP-8 MP-8 Media Downgrading
NIST800-MP-8 in NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Release 5.2.0). All NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls held. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
MP-8 Media Downgrading. a. Establish [Assignment: organization-defined system media downgrading process] that includes employing downgrading mechanisms with strength and integrity commensurate with the security category or classification of the information; b. Verify that the system media downgrading process is commensurate with the security category and/or classification level of the information to be removed and the access authorizations of the potential recipients of the downgraded information; c. Identify [Assignment: organization-defined system media requiring downgrading]; and d. Downgrade the identified system media using the established process.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-CC6.5 CC6.5 Protecting data on assets until disposal (closest match)
- SOC2-P4.3 P4.3 Securely disposing of personal information (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: MP - Media Protection), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the media-protection policy
- the media-access and marking records
- the sanitisation and disposal records