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An organization's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is concerned about losing access to very sensitive, legacy, unmaintained PII on a workstation if a ransomware outbreak occurs. The CFO has a…
The correct answer is C. A full backup of the data that is stored off site in cold storage. According to CompTIA A+ Core 2 objectives, a full backup stored off-site provides the greatest protection against data loss in the event of a ransomware attack or other data disaster. By storing the backup in a separate physical location, it is less likely to be affected by the…
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An organization's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is concerned about losing access to very sensitive, legacy, unmaintained PII on a workstation if a ransomware outbreak occurs. The CFO has a regulatory requirement to retain this data for many years. Which of the following backup methods would BEST meet the requirements?
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- AA daily, incremental backup that is saved to the corporate file server
- BAn additional, secondary hard drive in a mirrored RAID configuration
- CA full backup of the data that is stored off site in cold storage
- DWeekly, differential backups that are stored in a cloud-hosting provider
How the community answered
(22 responses)- A9% (2)
- B5% (1)
- C82% (18)
- D5% (1)
Explanation
According to CompTIA A+ Core 2 objectives, a full backup stored off-site provides the greatest protection against data loss in the event of a ransomware attack or other data disaster. By storing the backup in a separate physical location, it is less likely to be affected by the same event that could cause data loss on the original system. Cold storage is a term used for data archiving, which typically refers to a long-term storage solution that is used for retaining data that is infrequently accessed, but still needs to be kept for regulatory or compliance reasons.
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