Acquiring, managing, and disposing of network devices
Download this document free
Get this document with your free trial. Choose from the full Complyzard library.
Try 1 month free30 days free, then $19/month. Trial terms apply. Card required. Cancel anytime.Document information
Advice for organisations on the acquisition, management and disposal of network devices.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Advice for organisations on the acquisition, management and disposal of network devices for organisational planning, review and training. NCSC guidance is advisory and should be applied to the organisation's own risks and obligations.
Contents
- Introduction
- Acquiring and deploying network devices
- Equipment acquisition and initial staging
- In-field deployment
- Initial enrolment and configuration
- Managing network devices
- Security of device information
- Management network
- Management staff clearances
- Device management
- Device maintenance
- Establishing management connections
- Decommissioning and disposing of network devices
- Specific circumstances
- Source links
Source and licence
National Cyber Security Centre
AttributionNational Cyber Security Centre, “Acquiring, managing, and disposing of network devices” (25 September 2016), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesAdapted 16 September 2026: converted the official HTML article into neutral text-only DOCX and PDF editions. Preserved article headings, paragraphs, lists and plain-text source-link destinations; normalized web whitespace and typographic punctuation; omitted site navigation, topic and download cards, images, logos, scripts, styles and page furniture.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026