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CCSP · Question #375

Which of the following approaches would NOT be considered sufficient to meet the requirements of secure data destruction within a cloud environment?

The correct answer is D. Deletion. Deletion merely removes the pointers to data on a system; it does nothing to actually remove and sanitize the data. As such, the data remains in a recoverable state, and more secure methods are needed to ensure it has been destroyed and is not recoverable by another party.

Submitted by daniela_cl· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Data Security

Question

Which of the following approaches would NOT be considered sufficient to meet the requirements of secure data destruction within a cloud environment?

Options

  • ACryptographic erasure
  • BZeroing
  • COverwriting
  • DDeletion

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    86% (24)

Explanation

Deletion merely removes the pointers to data on a system; it does nothing to actually remove and sanitize the data. As such, the data remains in a recoverable state, and more secure methods are needed to ensure it has been destroyed and is not recoverable by another party.

Topics

#Data Destruction Methods#Secure Erasure#Data Remanence#Cloud Data Security

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