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Submitted by omar99· Apr 18, 2026Protection of Information Assets
Question
An organization is disposing of a system containing sensitive data and has deleted all files from the hard disk. An IS auditor should be concerned because:
Options
- Adeleted data cannot easily be retrieved.
- Bbackup copies of files were not deleted as well.
- Cdeleting all files separately is not as efficient as formatting the hard disk.
- Ddeleting the files logically does not overwrite the files' physical data.
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#Data sanitization#Data disposal#Information asset protection#Logical vs. physical deletion