QuestionQ839

Security Concepts and Practices

What is the primary issue with reusing media?

  • A Degaussing
  • B Data remanence
  • C Media destruction
  • D Purging
Explanation

Data remanence is residual information that remains on storage media and may be recoverable after deletion, creating a risk of unauthorized disclosure when the media is reused. Media sanitization is intended to make that data infeasible to recover.

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