Which of the following may be used to increase data confidentiality when encryption is not an option?

The correct answer is D. Obfuscation. "To prevent hackers from disassembling data, one of the processes used is obfuscation, which is data scrambling. Data is purposely scrambled, which renders it unreadable until the obfuscation process is reversed."

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ALUN masking
BZoning
CHashing
DObfuscation

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Explanation

"To prevent hackers from disassembling data, one of the processes used is obfuscation, which is data scrambling. Data is purposely scrambled, which renders it unreadable until the obfuscation process is reversed."

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