ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
Your organization is retiring a database server that stored controlled unclassified information (CUI). According to the decommissioning plan, which action must be performed before the hardware is shipped to a certified recycler to ensure the data cannot be recovered?
Skip internal sanitization and rely solely on the recycler's certificate of destruction once they receive the hardware.
Securely overwrite all storage media in accordance with an approved sanitization standard and record the verification results.
Encrypt the drives with a newly generated key, then turn the encrypted disks over to the recycler.
Remove the drives and store them powered off in a locked cabinet for one year before disposal.
A decommissioning plan must protect the confidentiality of data that once resided on the system. NIST SP 800-88 and most organizational policies require media sanitization-such as secure overwrite or cryptographic erase-followed by documented verification. Simply relying on a recycler's certificate, storing drives, or adding encryption after the fact does not provide immediate, verifiable assurance that residual data is unrecoverable. Sanitizing the drives in-house and recording the results is therefore essential.
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