This is the standard for secure sanitization (erasure) of electronic media such as magnetic, optical and flash media within the Government of Alberta (GoA).
Information Security Management Directive Section 5.16: Communications and Operations Management requires that media is disposed of securely and in a manner appropriate for the sensitivity of the data contained on the media. This Standard supports Information Security Management Directive Section 5.16.
This standard applies to Protected A and B data. Further requirements for Protected C data would need to be brought out in a Security Threat Risk Assessment.