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CV0-004 · Question #140

A company just learned that the data in its object storage was accessed by an unauthorized party. Which of the following should the company have done to make the data unusable?

The correct answer is D. The company should have encrypted the data at rest. Encrypting the data at rest is a crucial security measure to make the data unusable to unauthorized parties. If the object storage data was accessed by an unauthorized party, having the data encrypted would ensure that the data remains confidential and inaccessible without the…

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Question

A company just learned that the data in its object storage was accessed by an unauthorized party. Which of the following should the company have done to make the data unusable?

Options

  • AThe company should have switched from object storage to file storage.
  • BThe company should have hashed the data.
  • CThe company should have changed the file access permissions.
  • DThe company should have encrypted the data at rest.

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    9% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    85% (28)

Explanation

Encrypting the data at rest is a crucial security measure to make the data unusable to unauthorized parties. If the object storage data was accessed by an unauthorized party, having the data encrypted would ensure that the data remains confidential and inaccessible without the proper encryption keys, thus mitigating the impact of the breach.

Topics

#Data encryption#Data at rest#Object storage security#Data protection

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