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SY0-701 · Question #1073
A network administrator deploys an FDE solution on all end user workstations. Which of the following data protection strategies does this describe?
The correct answer is D. Data at rest. Full disk encryption protects data stored on the workstation’s storage media, ensuring that information remains confidential when the system is powered off or the storage device is removed, which is protection of data at rest.
Submitted by miguelv· Mar 6, 2026General security concepts
Question
A network administrator deploys an FDE solution on all end user workstations. Which of the following data protection strategies does this describe?
Options
- AMasking
- BData in transit
- CObfuscation
- DData at rest
- EData sovereignty
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A3% (1)
- B5% (2)
- D92% (36)
Explanation
Full disk encryption protects data stored on the workstation’s storage media, ensuring that information remains confidential when the system is powered off or the storage device is removed, which is protection of data at rest.
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