The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-88r2 (Revision 2), Guidelines for Media Sanitization. The public comment period is open through August 29, 2025.
The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-88r2 (Revision 2), Guidelines for Media Sanitization, is now available for public comment.
Sanitization refers to a process that renders access to target data on the media infeasible for a given level of effort. This guide outlines the important elements of a sanitization program to assist organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the sensitivity of their information.
Important changes in this revision of SP 800-88 include:
The public comment period is open through August 29, 2025. See the publication details for a copy of the draft and instructions for submitting comments.
NOTE: A call for patent claims is included in the front matter of this draft. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy – Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.