With the 2024 update, ISO/IEC 27040 provides the definitive roadmap for keeping your most valuable digital assets out of the wrong hands. ISO/IEC 27040:2024(en), Information technology

Defines the document’s purpose and boundaries, clarifying that it provides requirements and guidance for storage security, not independent certification.

Ensuring hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs), and tape backups use strong cryptographic algorithms (such as AES-256) to render stolen media useless.