Computer Support/Security/Data Destruction

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This lesson covers data destruction.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the data destruction portion of A+ certification include:[1]

Given a scenario, use appropriate data destruction and disposal methods.
  • Physical destruction
    • Shredder
    • Drill / Hammer
    • Electromagnetic (Degaussing)
    • Incineration
    • Certificate of destruction
  • Recycling or repurposing best practices
    • Low level format vs. standard format
    • Overwrite
    • Drive wipe

Readings

  1. Read Wikipedia: Data remanence.
  2. Read Wikipedia: Disk formatting.
  3. Read Wikipedia: Degaussing.

Multimedia

  1. Watch YouTube: Data Destruction and Disposal - CompTIA A+ 220-902 - 3.6.

References

  1. ↑ CompTIA: A+ Certification Exam Objectives - Exam 220-902
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