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SY0-701 · Question #4

A security administrator would like to protect data on employees' laptops. Which of the following encryption techniques should the security administrator use?

The correct answer is C. Full disk. Full disk encryption (FDE) encrypts all the data on a disk drive, protecting the data at rest on the entire laptop, including the operating system, applications, and user files. This ensures that if a laptop is lost or stolen, the data cannot be accessed without the correct…

Submitted by miguelv· Mar 6, 2026Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations

Question

A security administrator would like to protect data on employees' laptops. Which of the following encryption techniques should the security administrator use?

Options

  • APartition
  • BAsymmetric
  • CFull disk
  • DDatabase

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    14% (4)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    76% (22)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Full disk encryption (FDE) encrypts all the data on a disk drive, protecting the data at rest on the entire laptop, including the operating system, applications, and user files. This ensures that if a laptop is lost or stolen, the data cannot be accessed without the correct decryption key.

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