Organizational Control: Media Storage

Control ID: MP-4 Media Storage	Family: Media Protection	Source: NIST 800-53r4
Control: The organization: Physically controls and securely stores [Assignment: organization-defined types of digital and/or non-digital media] within [Assignment: organization-defined controlled areas]; and Protects information system media until the media are destroyed or sanitized using approved equipment, techniques, and procedures.
Supplemental Guidance: Information system media includes both digital and non-digital media. Digital media includes, for example, diskettes, magnetic tapes, external/removable hard disk drives, flash drives, compact disks, and digital video disks. Non-digital media includes, for example, paper and microfilm. Physically controlling information system media includes, for example, conducting inventories, ensuring procedures are in place to allow individuals to check out and return media to the media library, and maintaining accountability for all stored media. Secure storage includes, for example, a locked drawer, desk, or cabinet, or a controlled media library. The type of media storage is commensurate with the security category and/or classification of the information residing on the media. Controlled areas are areas for which organizations provide sufficient physical and procedural safeguards to meet the requirements established for protecting information and/or information systems. For media containing information determined by organizations to be in the public domain, to be publicly releasable, or to have limited or no adverse impact on organizations or individuals if accessed by other than authorized personnel, fewer safeguards may be needed. In these situations, physical access controls provide adequate protection. Related Controls: CP-9, MP-2, MP-7, PE-3, CP-6
Control Enhancements: N/A
References: FIPS Publication 199; NIST Special Publications 800-56, 800-57, 800-111.
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements: N/A