Media Disposal

Sensitive or confidential information stored on electronic hardware and media (e.g., hard disks, CDs, floppy disks, and tapes) must be destroyed in a secure manner according to the agency's retention schedule. This includes the secure disposal of information collected on paper, electronic hardware, or computer media. Just deleting electronic files does not provide a secure method of preventing access to information stored on electronic media.

Items that may require secure disposal include: paper documents, audio or video recordings, reports, magnetic tapes, removable disks or cassettes, program listings, test data, and system documentation.