NIST SP 800-88
Inventory, Tracking, Chain of Custody

NIST SP 800-88 NISTSP88-5: Media Inventory, Tracking, Chain of Custody, and Sanitization Records

Maintain media inventory and tracking per NIST SP 800-88 Rev 1 Chapter 3 (Information Sanitization Process) + Chapter 4 (Decision Flow). Inventory must (a) track every piece of storage media from acquisition through sanitization or destruction, (b) record media type + serial number + system assignment + security categorization + data classification + location + ownership, (c) tag media at acquisition to enable lifecycle tracking, (d) interface with property management + IT asset management + records management + procurement systems. Chain of Custody per Section 3.4 must (a) document transfer of media between custodians at every step (system owner to sanitization personnel to disposal vendor to disposition), (b) record handler identity + date + time + purpose + receiving party + verification of integrity, (c) survive across organisational boundaries (when media leaves the organisation) with signed handover documentation, (d) align with legal hold + e-discovery + litigation requirements. Sanitization records per Section 4.7 + Appendix G must capture (a) Certificate of Sanitization (Section 4.8) for every sanitization event covering media identification + sanitization method + date + personnel + verification + witness where applicable, (b) record retention aligned with regulatory + investigative + organisational policy (typically minimum 3 years + longer for high-sensitivity media).

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 75 controls across 37 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27043 · 4 controls

ISO/SAE 21434 · 4 controls

API 1164 · 3 controls

  • ASD37-34 Regular backups (Essential)
  • ASD37-35 Business continuity and disaster recovery plans (Very Good)
  • ASD37-36 System recovery capabilities (Very Good)

IEC 62443 · 3 controls

ISO 27019 · 3 controls

ISO/IEC 27031:2011 · 3 controls

  • NIST-CSF-RC.RP-01 The recovery portion of the incident response plan is executed once initiated from the incident response process
  • NIST-CSF-RC.RP-06 The end of incident recovery is declared based on criteria, and incident-related documentation is completed
  • NIST-CSF-RS.MA-05 The criteria for initiating incident recovery are applied

NIST SP 1800-32 · 3 controls

  • CPG-2.A Asset Inventory
  • CPG-2.B Prohibit Connection of Unauthorized Devices

ISO 22316 · 2 controls

ISO 22317 · 2 controls

ISO 22318 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • NISTSP34-2 Business Impact Analysis (BIA): Critical Resources, Recovery Priorities
  • NISTSP34-4 Information System Contingency Plan (ISCP) Development

OWASP MASVS · 2 controls

  • OWASPMASVS-1 MASVS-STORAGE: Storage of Sensitive Data
  • OWASPMASVS-7 MASVS-RESILIENCE: Resilience Against Reverse Engineering

South Korea ISMS-P · 2 controls

  • D.3 Backup and Recovery
  • UKDEFSTD-1 Cyber Defence Cyber Risk Profile (CRP)
  • 4.4.8 Business Continuity and Recovery
  • DIQ-1 Data Integration and Interoperability

ISO 22320:2018 · 1 control

ISO 27017 · 1 control

ISO 27018 · 1 control

ISO/IEC 27010:2015 · 1 control

ISO/IEC 27011:2024 · 1 control

  • NISTPF-8 Protect-P Information Protection Processes (PR.PO-P)

NIST SP 800-190 · 1 control

OWASP ASVS · 1 control

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