The process of removing assets within an organization. Often we decommission Legacy Applications. Assumes Data Retention policy has been followed.

Decommission Process

  1. Ensure you have documentation on all
  2. Sanitize all data within the decommissioned items
  3. Wipe data or overwrite (Data Destruction)
  4. Burn/shred all papers of things
  5. Delete all media related to the item (Hard drives)