Annex A 7.14
Secure disposal or re-use of equipment
Equipment containing storage media is verified to ensure sensitive data and licensed software are removed or securely overwritten before disposal or re-use.
What an assessor looks for
Verification is the operative word. Show disposal certificates, the sanitisation method used for each media type, and how you confirmed it happened rather than trusting the supplier's word.
Where it usually fails
A disposal supplier is used and the organisation holds no certificates, no asset-level records, and no evidence of verification.
Classification
- Theme
- A.7 Physical
- Control type
- Preventive
- Security properties
- Confidentiality
- Cybersecurity concepts
- Protect
- ISO 27001:2013 equivalent
- 11.2.7
Control number and title are identifiers used as references. The classification above is our own analysis, aligned to the shape of the ISO 27002 attribute model rather than reproduced from it, and no text from the standard appears on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-03.
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