Date Published: December 2014 
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
			
			
            
            
            
            
            
            Supersedes: SP  800-88 (September 2006)
            
            
			
            
            Author(s)
            Richard Kissel (NIST), Andrew Regenscheid (NIST), Matthew Scholl (NIST), Kevin Stine (NIST)
            
            
            
            
            
                
                
                    Media sanitization refers to a process that renders access to target data on the media infeasible for a given level of effort. This guide will assist organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the categorization of confidentiality of their information.
                 
                
                    
                        Media sanitization refers to a process that renders access to target data on the media infeasible for a given level of effort. This guide will assist organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the categorization of confidentiality of their information.
                    
                 
                Keywords
 media sanitization; ensuring confidentiality; sanitization tools and methods; media types; mobile devices with storage; crypto erase; secure erase
            
 
            
            Control Families
            
                
                
                    Maintenance; 
                
                    Media Protection; 
                
                    Risk Assessment;