NIST SP 800-88 Rev 1 MS-DESTROY-3: Optical Media Destruction

CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs are sanitized by destruction only (shredding, disintegration, or incineration). Overwriting and degaussing are not effective.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard 31 May 2026Control text last updated 21 May 2026

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MS-DESTROY-1 Destroy as Highest Sanitization Level
MS-DESTROY-2 Shredding Particle Size for SSDs and Flash
MS-DESTROY-4 Paper and Microform Destruction
MS-DESTROY-5 Embedded Storage in Peripherals
MS-DESTROY-6 Networking Equipment Sanitization
MS-DESTROY-7 Mobile Devices and Tablets
MS-DESTROY-8 IoT and Embedded Systems

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