9.7 Maintain strict control over the storage and accessibility of media

9.7 Maintain strict control over the storage and accessibility of media.

9.7 Obtain and examine the policy for controlling storage and maintenance of all media and verify that the policy requires periodic media inventories.

Without careful inventory methods and storage controls, stolen or missing media could go unnoticed for an indefinite amount of time.

If media is not inventoried, stolen or lost media may not be noticed for a long time or at all.