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SY0-501 · Question #462

A company wants to ensure confidential data from storage media is sanitized in such a way that the drive cannot be reused. Which of the following method should the technician use?

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Submitted by jakub_pl· Mar 4, 2026Security operations

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A company wants to ensure confidential data from storage media is sanitized in such a way that the drive cannot be reused. Which of the following method should the technician use?

Options

  • AShredding
  • BWiping
  • CLow-level formatting
  • DRepartitioning
  • EOverwriting

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#media sanitization#data destruction#physical destruction#drive disposal
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