Media Sanitization
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A general term referring to the actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and extraordinary means.
polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review
The actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and extraordinary means.
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Process92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
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Variants
- plural
- Media Sanitizations
- possessive
- Media Sanitization's
- pluralpossessive
- Media Sanitizations'