A Dumpster Diver Recovers Several Hard Drives from a Company

question 223

Multiple Choice

A dumpster diver recovers several hard drives from a company and is able to obtain confidential data from one of the hard drives. The company then discovers its information is posted online. Which of the following methods would have MOST likely prevented the data from being exposed?

• A) Removing the hard drive from its enclosure
• B) Using software to repeatedly rewrite over the disk space
• C) Using Blowfish encryption on the hard drives
• D) Using magnetic fields to erase the data

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