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CompTIA Security+ study material · question 187 of 611

A team cuts each decommissioned drive in half and records it as Destroyed. What should be verified?

  1. That the drive was under warranty
  2. That the drive was Cleared first
  3. That the pieces were recycled separately
  4. That the method actually makes laboratory recovery infeasible
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Answer: D. That the method actually makes laboratory recovery infeasible

NIST notes some physical methods such as bending or cutting fall short of the Destroy standard.

Source: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 (NIST) — SP 800-88 Rev. 1 § 5 Sanitization Techniques

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