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An organisation chooses Destroy for a batch of drives. What does this imply?

  1. The drives must first be Cleared
  2. The media will no longer be usable for storage
  3. The drives can be resold after verification
  4. The data can still be recovered in a laboratory
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Answer: B. The media will no longer be usable for storage

Destroy ends the media's life, which is why it is chosen when reuse is not planned or no reliable purge exists.

Source: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 (NIST) — SP 800-88 Rev. 1 § 2.5 Types of Sanitization

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