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Sanitization

nounid 3982·updated May 12, 2026
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A general term referring to the actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and, for some forms of sanitization, extraordinary means.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Sanitizations
possessive
Sanitization's
pluralpossessive
Sanitizations'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
Process to remove information from media such that information recovery is not possible. It includes removing all labels, markings, and activity logs.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
A general term referring to the actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and, for some forms of sanitization, extraordinary means.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A general term referring to the actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and, for some forms of sanitization, extraordinary means.
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
A general term referring to the actions taken to render data written on media unrecoverable by both ordinary and, for some forms of sanitization, extraordinary means.
FIPS PUB 2001 senseview framework →
§1
Process to remove information from media such that information recovery is not possible. It includes removing all labels, markings, and activity logs.

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