Equipment used to destroy SCI paper materials must be listed in which of the following?

• A. NSA Evaluated Products List of High Security Crosscut Paper Shredders
• B. NSA Approved Equipment List
• C. SCIF Destruction Equipment Registry
• D. National Archives Destruction Catalog

Answer: (A)

In SCI handling, destruction equipment must come from the NSA Evaluated Products List of High Security Crosscut Paper Shredders. This NSA list is the official registry of equipment that has been tested and approved by the National Security Agency for securely destroying classified material, ensuring the shredder produces particles small enough to prevent reconstruction of SCI documents. Using an NSA-evaluated high-security crosscut shredder guarantees the destruction method meets the stringent requirements needed for SCI materials. The other options aren’t the official NSA-backed source for destruction devices or pertain to different areas (general NSA equipment listings, SCIF-specific registries, or records management catalogs), so they don’t establish the required standard for destruction of SCI paper.