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Infosec Strategies and Best Practices

You're reading from   Infosec Strategies and Best Practices Gain proficiency in information security using expert-level strategies and best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800566354
Length 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Joseph MacMillan Joseph MacMillan
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Information Security Risk Management and Governance
2. Chapter 1: InfoSec and Risk Management FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Protecting the Security of Assets 4. Section 2: Closing the Gap: How to Protect the Organization
5. Chapter 3: Designing Secure Information Systems 6. Chapter 4: Designing and Protecting Network Security 7. Chapter 5: Controlling Access and Managing Identity 8. Section 3: Operationalizing Information Security
9. Chapter 6: Designing and Managing Security Testing Processes 10. Chapter 7: Owning Security Operations 11. Chapter 8: Improving the Security of Software 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Disposing of assets

We have several different physical and digital information assets in our control at our organization, all of which are likely to reach the end of their life cycle eventually.

How do we go about ensuring the secure disposal of those assets? It's likely we're not able to just throw sensitive financial documents or the CEO's laptop into the trash, making those information assets unprotected, waiting for a dumpster-diving malicious actor.

ISO 27001 mentions two controls on the topic of information disposal:

  • "Media shall be disposed of securely when no longer required, using formal procedures." (A.8.3.2).
  • "All items of equipment containing storage media shall be verified to ensure that any sensitive data and licensed software has been removed or securely overwritten prior to disposal or re-use." (A.11.2.7).

As a result, in order to comply with the standard, you should define your organization's requirements...

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