DS0-001 Data Governance And Security Practice Question
When decommissioning a legacy server, what is the most secure way to handle the hard drives containing sensitive data?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Physical Destruction or Cryptographic Erasure
Cryptographic erasure or physical destruction are the only ways to guarantee that data cannot be recovered from decommissioned media.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Physical Destruction or Cryptographic Erasure
Why this is correct
These are the only methods considered secure for sensitive data disposal.
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Quick Format
Why it's wrong here
Quick formatting does not delete the data.
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Moving drives to a dev environment
Why it's wrong here
This transfers the security risk, it does not mitigate it.
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Deleting the Database Files
Why it's wrong here
File deletion does not wipe the underlying sectors.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CompTIA exam blueprint
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