Which of the following is a common data removal option for companies that want to wipe sensitive data from hard drives in a repeatable manner but allow the hard drives to be reused?

The correct answer is A. Sanitization. Sanitization is the process of removing sensitive data from a storage device in a manner that ensures the data cannot be recovered while allowing device to be reused. This involves methods like overwriting the data with zeros or other patterns multiple times.

Submitted by rania.sa· Mar 6, 2026Security Operations

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ASanitization
BFormatting
CDegaussing
DDefragmentation

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Sanitization is the process of removing sensitive data from a storage device in a manner that ensures the data cannot be recovered while allowing device to be reused. This involves methods like overwriting the data with zeros or other patterns multiple times.

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