ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
An organization is decommissioning a database server that stored sensitive customer PII. Before the chassis leaves the data center for disposal, which step best satisfies security and compliance requirements for system decommissioning?
Remove labeling, then ship the server to the recycler for destruction without further action.
Archive system configuration files and destroy the encryption keys after the hardware is recycled.
Disable the backup schedule and mark the asset as retired in the CMDB.
Purge all data from drives using a NIST SP 800-88 validated sanitization technique.
Decommissioning guidance such as NIST SP 800-88 requires organizations to sanitize media so that data cannot be recovered once the hardware leaves organizational control. Validated purge or destroy methods that meet the guideline are therefore mandatory. Simply disabling backups, updating inventory records, or waiting until after recycling to destroy encryption keys does not ensure the data is irretrievable, and thus does not meet security or compliance obligations.
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