Requirement
Storage media shall be managed through their life cycle of acquisition, use, transportation and disposal in accordance with the organisation's classification scheme and handling requirements.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Required element 1 — any one of
storage mediaremovable mediausbdisktape
Required element 2 — any one of
encryptdisposalhandlingprohibitedregisterdispose
Supporting terms — specificity signals
sanitis…sanitiz…destruction certificatetransportblocked
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCPA/CPRA | 1798.100(e) & 1798.150 | Reasonable security procedures | encryption-at-rest |
| SOC 2 | CC6.5 | Disposal of physical and logical assets | media-disposal |
| PCI DSS 4.0.1 | 3.5 | PAN is rendered unreadable wherever it is stored | encryption-at-rest |
| PCI DSS 4.0.1 | 9.4 | Media with cardholder data is secured and destroyed | media-disposal |
| HIPAA | 164.310(d)(1) | Device and media controls (R) | media-disposal |
| HIPAA | 164.312(a)(2)(iv) | Encryption and decryption at rest (A) | encryption-at-rest |
| GLBA | 314.4(c)(3) | Encryption of customer information in transit and at rest | encryption-at-rest |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | PR.DS-01 | Confidentiality, integrity and availability of data at rest | encryption-at-rest |