A company has a policy to repurpose its storage devices internally before considering disposal. When preparing storage devices that were used for sensitive projects for repurposing within a less critical department, which measure should be employed to minimize the risk of data exposure?
Degauss the drives to disrupt the magnetic field and render the data unreadable.
Conduct a secure erasure conforming to a stipulated industry standard for data sanitization.
Reformat the drives using the quick format option to prepare for immediate reuse.
Perform a standard antivirus scan to ensure the absence of malware.