A technician is reusing several hard drives to increase local storage on company workstations. The drives contain PII that is no longer needed. Which of the following should the technician do to…

The correct answer is C. Wipe the drives. The appropriate method to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data is to wipe the drives (Option C). Wiping ensures that all data is securely erased, preventing any possibility of recovery. This is essential when handling drives containing Personally Identifiable…

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A technician is reusing several hard drives to increase local storage on company workstations. The drives contain PII that is no longer needed. Which of the following should the technician do to prevent unauthorized access of the data?

Options

ADegauss the drives.
BDrill through the drives.
CWipe the drives.
DReimage the drives.

How the community answered

(35 responses)

A
6% (2)
B
9% (3)
C
71% (25)
D
14% (5)

Explanation

The appropriate method to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data is to wipe the drives (Option C). Wiping ensures that all data is securely erased, preventing any possibility of recovery. This is essential when handling drives containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

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#Data wiping#Data sanitization#PII protection#Hard drive security

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