ISO 27001:2022 · Physical controls
ISO 27001:2022 7.14: Secure disposal or re-use of equipment
ISO 27001:2022 7.14 covers Secure disposal or re-use of equipment. The held text names 5 evidence records for it, the first being Statement of Applicability entry for control A.7.14, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it.... The common gap an assessor flags is Devices are resold or donated after a standard format only.
Before equipment containing storage media is disposed of or reused, it is to be checked to confirm that sensitive data and licensed software have been removed or securely overwritten. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): prevents leakage of information from equipment that is disposed of or reused. As an Annex A reference control, it is compared with the controls determined in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of Applicability as included or excluded, with the justification and implementation status (6.1.3 d); implementation guidance is ISO/IEC 27002:2022 7.14.
What evidence supports 7.14?
- Annex A physical controlStatement of Applicability entry for control A.7.14, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats
- Annex A physical controlA disposal and reuse procedure requiring verification that equipment is checked for storage media and sanitized
- Annex A physical controlSanitization or destruction certificates identifying each device, method used and verifier
- Annex A physical controlEvidence that sanitization tools were validated for the media technology (for example SSD versus HDD)
- Annex A physical controlRecords showing organizational labels and classification markings removed before resale or donation
Where this requirement comes from
This is our own statement of ISO 27001:2022 7.14, read from the copy we hold (licensed complete copy) and stated in our words, not the standard verbatim. The framework as we hold it.
Common gaps an assessor flags
- Devices are resold or donated after a standard format only
- SSDs are wiped with tools designed for spinning disks
- Printers, copiers and network devices with internal storage are overlooked
- Access control systems with user lists are left behind at the end of a lease
How it maps to SOC 2
- C1.2 high Secure disposal of equipment covers media holding confidential information.
- CC6.5 high Secure disposal or re-use of equipment renders data unrecoverable first.
- P4.3 high Secure disposal or re-use of equipment covers destruction of personal data media.
A link is a topical overlap with a confidence and a reason. It does not establish that meeting one requirement satisfies the other, and it is not certification.