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A logistics firm sends decommissioned equipment to a recycler. Some devices held only public route maps, while others held customer payment records, and the asset manager wants one defensible rule for choosing a disposal technique. Which rule matches the media sanitisation guidance?

  1. Select the technique according to the sensitivity of the information that the device stored.
  2. Select the technique according to the storage technology, applying one fixed method per media type.
  3. Select the technique according to the resale value the device retains once it is decommissioned.
  4. Select the strongest technique available for every device, whatever information it happened to store.
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Answer: A. Select the technique according to the sensitivity of the information that the device stored.

Disposal and sanitisation techniques are chosen by information sensitivity; one fixed method per media type ignores the data and either overspends or leaves payment records recoverable.

Source: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 (NIST) — SP 800-88 Rev. 2 > Abstract and Keywords

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