CAS-003 · Question #411
A system owner has requested support from data owners to evaluate options for the disposal of equipment containing sensitive data. Regulatory requirements state the data must be rendered…
The correct answer is C. Remanence. Data remanence is a real issue. Data remanence is the remaining data, or remnants, that remain on the media after formatting or drive wiping. The only way to ensure there are no data remnants is through physical destruction of the media.
Question
A system owner has requested support from data owners to evaluate options for the disposal of equipment containing sensitive data. Regulatory requirements state the data must be rendered unrecoverable via logical means or physically destroyed. Which of the following factors is the regulation intended to address?
Options
- ASovereignty
- BE-waste
- CRemanence
- DDeduplication
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A5% (2)
- B2% (1)
- C88% (36)
- D5% (2)
Explanation
Data remanence is a real issue. Data remanence is the remaining data, or remnants, that remain on the media after formatting or drive wiping. The only way to ensure there are no data remnants is through physical destruction of the media.
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