Data Security & Sanitization Glossary

Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance. An industry body that audits and certifies ITAD services and sanitization software.

The 'Right to Erasure' (Right to be Forgotten) requiring data controllers to erase personal data without undue delay.

A sanitization method that leverages the encryption of target data by sanitizing the target data's encryption key.

Information assets organizations collect, process, and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes or properly decommission.

The process of deliberately, permanently, and irreversibly removing or destroying data stored on a memory device to make it unrecoverable.

A programmatic approach to managing data security from asset discovery through verified destruction and auditable Reporting.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Guidelines for Media Sanitization. Includes techniques: Clear, Purge, and Destroy.

A system-generated record of sanitization events that cannot be modified or deleted, ensuring the integrity of compliance evidence.