CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Practice Question

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.

  • Reformat the drives using the quick format option to prepare for immediate reuse.

  • Conduct a secure erasure conforming to a stipulated industry standard for data sanitization.

  • Perform a standard antivirus scan to ensure the absence of malware.

CompTIA Security+ SY0-701
Security Operations
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