DOE M 205.1-2, CLEARING, SANITIZATION, AND DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM STORAGE MEDIA, MEMORY DEVICES, AND RELATED HARDWARE MANUAL (26 JUN 200

DOE M 205.1-2, CLEARING, SANITIZATION, AND DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM STORAGE MEDIA, MEMORY DEVICES, AND RELATED HARDWARE MANUAL (26 JUN 2005)., Ensuring confidentiality throughout the life cycle of Department of Energy (DOE) information and information systems is critical to the success of the Department’s mission. This Manual establishes DOE requirements and responsibilities for clearing, sanitizing, and destroying DOE information system storage media, memory devices, and related hardware. This Manual will— a. Define and provide procedures for clearing, sanitization and destruction activities to ensure confidentiality appropriate to the processing of storage media, memory devices, and related hardware. b. Establish requirements for ensuring appropriate confidentiality to all information sensitivity levels.