What is the PRIMARY objective of a degaussing?

The correct answer is C. Erasing the data on a disk. Degaussing is a data sanitization technique that exposes magnetic storage media (hard drives, tapes) to a powerful magnetic field, disrupting and erasing the magnetic patterns that encode data. Its primary objective is complete and irrecoverable data erasure-making the data…

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AReducing noisy data on a disk
BPreventing magnetic side-channel attacks
CErasing the data on a disk
DRetaining the data on a disk

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Degaussing is a data sanitization technique that exposes magnetic storage media (hard drives, tapes) to a powerful magnetic field, disrupting and erasing the magnetic patterns that encode data. Its primary objective is complete and irrecoverable data erasure-making the data unreadable and unrecoverable before disposal or repurposing of media. It does not reduce disk noise, it is not a countermeasure for side-channel attacks, and it is the opposite of retaining data. Degaussing renders the media unusable after the process.

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