2.8 Use Common Data Destruction & Disposal Methods

Question 1

Physical Destruction - Drilling

Answer 1

Destroy storage devices & other components with a drill

Question 2

Physical Destruction - Shredding

Answer 2

Industrial heavy machinery to shred storage devices & other components

Question 3

Physical Destruction - Degaussing

Answer 3

Destroy storage devices & other components with a large magnet

Question 4

Physical Destruction - Incinerating

Answer 4

Destroy storage devices & other components with fire

Question 5

Recycling or Repurposing Best Practices - Erasing/wiping

Answer 5

Can choose to either erase individual files or completely wipe all data

Question 6

Recycling or Repurposing Best Practices - Low-level Formatting

Answer 6

Used to reset a hard drive to its factory settings

Question 7

Recycling or Repurposing Best Practices - Standard Formatting

Answer 7

Setting up a new hard drive

Question 8

Outsourcing Concepts - Third-party Vendor

Answer 8

Certificate of third party responsible for destruction