CHAPTER 5Regulatory Requirements

Four separate regimes drive the need for data sanitization. The fourth, ESG, is facilitated by data sanitization. Data retention requirements, data privacy regulations, and IT security frameworks all call for data sanitization, whereas ecological and social governance requirements call for reuse of electronic components to reduce waste. Regulations exist to codify requirements often set forth in standards. In this chapter, we introduce the main regulations, frameworks, and standards that touch on data sanitization, data protection, and privacy.

5.1 Frameworks

A data security framework is a structured list, almost an outline or a matrix, of measures to be applied to a problem. ISO 25001-2 is such an outline with sections devoted to all aspects of an information security management system. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is built ...

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