Secure disposal guidelines

Use the Secure disposal checklist when disposing a meter to help prevent potential disclosure of data.

Secure disposal checklist

Task Description Completed
Record activities Document disposal actions according to your company’s policies and standards to keep a record of activities.
Wipe the device See Wiping the device for detailed steps.
Decommission and sanitize Follow decommission and sanitization tasks as described by your organization or contact your Network Administrator.
Decommission network and security rules. For example: A firewall rule that could be used to get past the firewall.
Perform records tracking sanitization tasks to remove records in related systems. For example: monitoring SNMP servers.
Disposal and reuse See Disposal, reuse, recycling for more information.