NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
MP-8
Media Protection

Media Downgrading

Description

a. Establish [organization-defined parameter] 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 [organization-defined parameter] ; and d. Downgrade the identified system media using the established process.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

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Cross-framework references

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Cite as SafeMode Space, nist-80053-rev5 MP-8.

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